Overview
- The men fell through thin ice near Norton Drive and Bayswater Avenue in Far Rockaway just after 4 p.m. Friday, prompting a 911 call.
- NYPD Scuba Team members reached the victims in the frigid water as an NYPD Aviation Unit helicopter hoisted rescuers and victims to safety with FDNY support.
- Two patients were transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau and one to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, and all were reported in stable condition.
- Tidal data put Jamaica Bay’s water at about 36°F as city officials issued extreme cold advisories and urged residents to stay off frozen waterways.
- Neighbors told reporters they had warned the group not to walk on the ice, and police say the circumstances remain under investigation with no identities publicly confirmed.