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.
Pad je smrvio njegovu desnu ruku, polomio svako rebro koje je imao, probio njegova pluća, i vrludao je između svijesti i nesvjesti dok je vrludao nizvodno uz East River, ispod Brooklyn-skog mosta i na put trajekta s otoka Staten, gdje su putnici na trajektu čuli njegove krikove boli, kontaktirali kapetana broda koji je kontaktirao Obalnu stražu koja ga je izvukla iz East River-a i odvela ga u bolnicu Bellevue.