The seek for an adolescent who vanished within the fast-paced East River resumed Saturday, because it emerged {that a} pal informed the 15-year-old sufferer to get out the water — as a result of she couldn’t swim.
The lady, who was sporting a floral bathing swimsuit, was sitting on the Roosevelt Island rocks dipping her toes within the water when the pal noticed her going all the way in which into the river round midday on Friday, cops mentioned.
Her buddy tried to warn her, telling the sufferer to “get out of the water, you recognize you possibly can’t swim,” a police supply mentioned.
However the fast-moving present dragged the lady away. Her pal went to get assist, however when she returned, the teenager was gone.
Police who responded to the 12:15 p.m. 911 name discovered the distraught pal subsequent to the water.
Investigators looking for the teenager discovered video that appeared to indicate her being swept up river, the police supply mentioned.
“The video exhibits her being dragged north,” based on the supply.
Cops discovered two books, a bag, sneakers and a few clothes belonging to {the teenager}, whose identification hadn’t been launched Saturday afternoon.
The NYPD boats had been again on the river Saturday afternoon as investigators appeared for the lady.
Native resident Adrina Hegbeli, 77, mentioned she was down by the river Friday and noticed the women earlier than the incident.
“It’s a tragedy,” she mentioned Saturday. “I’ve seven grandchildren and I used to be devastated.”
Some parkgoers speculated Friday that the lady dropped her cellphone and jumped within the water to get it, however police had no witness accounts of that, an NYPD spokesman mentioned.
Extra reporting Brigitte Seltzer
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