NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) – Six people were rescued after a boat capsized on the Long Island Sound off City Island – and NYPD video shows divers saving a woman from the overturned vessel.
A man was screaming that his wife was underwater and hadn't made it out with the others, the FDNY said.NYPD divers deployed from a helicopter found the sixth victim, a woman, in an air pocket under the boat.
The woman had become tangled in fishing gear and was trapped in the two-foot air pocket, according to officials.
Det. Brian Mullen, a veteran scuba team member, said it was a challenging rescue because the cabin opening was narrow and debris was in the way.
The first feeling I had was when I saw the foot move – ‘Thank God that she’s alive.’ My second thought was, ‘How am I going to get her out of here?’”
The woman didn’t speak English and it was hard to give her instructions on how to swim out without letting go of the air supply Mullen gave her.