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.
Faldet knuste hans højre arm, brækkede samtlige ribben i hans krop, punkterede hans lunge og han drev ind og ud af af bevisthed, mens han flød ned af East River, under Brooklyn Bridge og ud i ruten, hvor Staten Island færgen sejlede, hvor passagerer på færgen hørte hans smerteskrig, kontaktede skibets kaptajn, som kontaktede kystvagten, som fiskede ham op af East River og bragte ham til Bellevue Hospital.