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.
Hrdhja ia demtoi krahun e djathte te tij, duke i thyer te gjitha brinjet qe kishte, demtuar mushkerite, dhe ishte here - here pa vetedije perderisa permbytej poshte lumit East, nen uren e Brooklyn-it dhe jashte rrugices e cila del nga Staten Island Ferry, ku pasagjeret ne anije degjuan britmat e tij te dhimbjes, kontaktuan kapitenin e anijes i cili me pas kontaktoi gardat e lumit te cilet e nxorren jasht Lumit East dhe e derguan ate tek spitali Bellevue.