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 destruiu seu braço direito, quebrou todas as costelas, perfurou seu pulmão, e sua consciência ia e vinha ao flutuar pelo Rio East, embaixo da Ponte do Brooklyn e a caminho da balsa Staten Island, onde os passageiros na balsa ouviram seus gritos de dor, contataram o capitão do barco que contatou a Guarda Costeira que o tirou do Rio East e o levou para o Hospital Bellevue.