Earlier this afternoon, Walking Off The Big Apple blogger Teri Tynes took this picture from the Roosevelt Island Tram

Image From Terri Tynes via Instagram and tweets:

FDNY boat, spraying in East River. View from Roosevelt Island Tram

According to this tweet from Justin Enzmann , the reason for the spraying FDNY boat was:

they were putting on a show for a badly injured firefighter who could see from his hospital room window

Here’s more Roosevelt Island pictures from Ms. Tynes excellent Walking Off The Big Apple blog.