The fall shattered his right arm, broke every rib that he had, punctured his lung, and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry, where passengers on the ferry heard his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East River and took him to Bellevue Hospital.
Fallet krossade hans högra arm, bröt vartenda revben, punkterade lungan och han flöt mellan medvetande och medvetslöshet medan han drev med East River under Brooklyn Bridge och ut i färjeleden till Staten Island där färjepassagerare hörde hans skrik av smärta och tog kontakt med färjekaptenen som i sin tur kontaktade sjöräddningen som plockade upp honom ur East River och tog honom till Bellevue Hospital.