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.
Pád mu rozdrtil pravou ruku, zlomil všechna žebra v těle a propíchl plíci a on opakovaně upadal do bezvědomí, zatímco byl unášen po East River pod Brooklynský most a dále na trasu parníku Staten Island, kde pasažéři na palubě uslyšeli jeho naříkání a informovali kapitána lodi, který zavolal pobřežní stráž, jež ho vylovila z East River a převezla do Bellevue Hospital.