The boat, Enforcer 1, with two deputies on board, arrived in the vicinity of the span a few minutes later and began conducting a search.Īlso responding to the scene were the US Coast Guard, the New York State Police aviation unit, and the City of Poughkeepsie Police marine unit. Deputy Fire Chief Joe Franco made the decision to keep the boat docked due to heavy fog conditions on the river.Īt approximately 5:30 a.m., the sheriff’s office was requested to launch one of their boats in an attempt to locate the person. Poughkeepsie City Police responded while Poughkeepsie firefighters prepared to launch their boat, Marine 1, to search for the person. A review of surveillance footage confirmed that a person got out of the vehicle and jumped off the bridge, into the river. The New York State Bridge Authority contacted Poughkeepsie 911 after receiving a report of a disabled vehicle on the span. On the original Facebook video, he wrote: "I was just high on life everything was going my way and I've seen people do it before only I remembered after I jump(ed) that was in movies.POUGHKEEPSIE – First responders spent all day Wednesday searching the Hudson River in the area of the Mid-Hudson Bridge for a person who jumped off the structure early in the morning. "But after the fact, after realizing it was a bad idea, everything else I did was in pure survival mode." "It was crazy to do what I did," he said. They were telling me to 'get on the ground, get on the ground.' So I got on the ground, listened to them, and they put me handcuffs."Īfter being treated in hospital, he was cited for criminal mischief and criminal trespassing. "I was walking and heard officers come behind me with their guns and told me to put my hands up, but I couldn't since I hurt my shoulders from the fall," He said. But after spending hours looking for him, they were not too happy to see him. One witness said he walked past the man, who was pacing and hesitating. At least three witnesses on the bridge said they saw the man sitting on the edge of the railing, push his body off the ledge and fall just before 9 a.m., according to the police documents. So he borrowed a boat he found, and crossed back to the mainland, where he finally ran into the police. A man jumped off the 10th Avenue Bridge to his death Thursday morning. Wandering around barefoot, he stumbled across an ATV after riding that around lost for an hour, he finally realized he was actually stranded on an island. I had to walk, where I was at, I couldn't even see the bridge anymore," Jennings told ABC13. "It was pretty crazy me getting back to shore. Lightning Strikes Texas Teen's Golf Ball Mid-FlightĪfter struggling to tread water for three hours, the current finally weakened enough for him to make to to shore. I really and truly thought it was the end of my time. "I started going under and almost drowned a few times. "I turned onto my back and would push with my right hand and my legs whenever I went under. "An hour and a half in, I was so tired of swimming. I tried to swim to the shore, but the current was too strong." "Once I hit the water, my mouth busted open and I hurt my left arm. "As soon as my fingertips came off that side, I was like, 'Oh my god, this was the stupidest idea.'" I looked down (at the water), and it didn't seem too far," he told the site. He told his pal Khory Vaughan he was going to jump into the river, swim to shore and get picked up at the next exit. The Lafayette resident told NY Daily News he'd been sitting in his car on Atchafalaya Basin Bridge for two hours after a ten-vehicle collision brought traffic to a standstill. Stomach-Churning Moment Swing Above 6,300ft-High Canyon SNAPS
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