Image Of Jet Ski From On Hudson (for illustrative purposes only) When the weather gets warm Roosevelt Island residents often see Jet Skiers roaring past us on the East River bouncing their aqua-motorcycles up and down off the waves. Last Sunday evening a jet ski was not bouncing but bobbing, about to go under and nearly hitting an oncoming barge, as the FDNY and later NYPD Marine/Harbor units attempted to fish it out of the East River.
At the time, NYPD officers watching from the Subway Pier told me that the person riding the jet ski was not injured and safely on shore. On Monday, I spoke with the NYPD Press Spokesperson to confirm and was told that NYPD had no information on the incident which indicated that nobody was injured. Don’t know if the jet ski was eventually fished out of the water. The NY Observer reported on June 22 of Jet Skiers nearly hit by a barge in the East River close to Astoria Park:
… A plucky couple took it upon themselves to engage in recreational water motorizing in the East River. Not kayaking, or sailing, or even swimmingthree ways of getting about in bodies of water that arent reliably fastbut jet-skiing, which is basically motorcycling on water.
And yet: Even with that speedy little way of getting around, they almost got smashed in the face by a barge, becauseunlike most small bodies of water people jet ski inbarges get around on the East River….