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.
A queda desfez-lhe o braço direito, partiu-lhe todas as costelas, perfurou-lhe um pulmão, e ele andou semiconsciente à deriva pelo East River, por baixo da ponte de Brooklyn até ao caminho do Ferry de Staten Island, onde os passageiros do ferry ouviram os seus gritos de dor, contactaram o capitão do barco que contactou a Guarda Costeira que o pescou do East River e o levou para o Hospital de Bellevue.