An East River swimmer with an accompanying kayaker were spotted passing Roosevelt Island heading north at the same time power speedboats were going south this afternoon as seen from the Meditation Steps.

Later in the afternoon, East River jet skiers were rescued by the NYFD near Roosevelt Island by the Queensboro Brige.

Jet Skier Rescue Underway @CitizenApp

Ed Koch Bridge 4:27:35 PM EDT

A Roosevelt Island Tipster reports on the Jet Ski rescue:

There were two jet skiers that had no gas so they had to wait to be towed back! There were 12 fire trucks on the FDR and four fire trucks over by the Roosevelt landing, waiting to see what they were going to do!

I asked one of the NYFD who pays for this? He just looked at me! I guess tax payers! There were four ambulances, dont think anyone was hurts!