Emergency responders recovered a physique from the East River Friday evening as search efforts are ongoing for 2 youngsters who’re individually believed to have drowned earlier this week, police and FDNY spokespersons confirmed.
Round 7 p.m. on Friday metropolis businesses responded to a 911 name of a physique floating within the East River close to E. thirty fourth St. and the FDR Drive in Manhattan, authorities mentioned. First responders, together with FDNY Marine 6 and NYPD Harbor Patrol, recovered the physique of a male of unknown age, who was pronounced useless on the scene, cops and the FDNY mentioned.
The restoration comes on the finish of every week throughout which authorities have been looking for the our bodies of a teenage woman and a teenage boy who’re presumed to have drowned after getting into the water in separate incidents.
The lacking 15-year-old woman disappeared Could 30 and is believed to have drowned after falling into the water someplace below the Roosevelt Island Bridge and being swept away with the present. The boy, Brandon Pino, 17, from Port Richmond, Staten Island, is believed to have jumped from the Staten Island Ferry after leaving a goodbye word for his household.
Authorities couldn’t instantly say if the physique recovered on Friday night belonged to both of the youngsters.
Initially Revealed: June 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM EDT

