Caught On Camera: 'Santa Claus' Seen Surfing Around The East River In NYC Christmas Mystery
It's a Christmas mystery – Santa Claus has been spotted surfing in the East River. So why is he there and where is he going?
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It's a Christmas mystery – Santa Claus has been spotted surfing in the East River. So why is he there and where is he going?
Most of the data collected to decide which color the sculpture will glow is collected in the water around Manhattan.
"How do I cut this?" one passenger asks, just 13 seconds before the helicopter becomes completely submerged.
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The woman said her companion got out of the boat to go for a swim, but he never resurfaced after going underwater.
"We went up to the front of the boat just to get a better vantage point to see if we could locate the dog in the water which we did a few seconds later, pretty much doggie paddling," Sgt. Salters recalled.
Authorities say the father of a baby who was found dead in the East River last weekend in now in police custody.
"There will not be a good ending to this story," Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said Wednesday.
Tourists from Oklahoma spotted the approximately eight-month-old boy floating about 30 feet off shore near the Brooklyn Bridge just after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Police are looking for answers in the death of a baby who was found floating in the East River.
Authorities say the approximately eight-month-old child was spotted floating in the river near 89 South St. just after 2 p.m.
Rescue crews pulled a woman from the East River early Thursday morning after a man jumped into the water to try and save her, police said.
NYPD officers of the 1st Precinct on April 24 recovered man's body from the river shortly after 8 a.m.
The group that regulates helicopters in New York city reached an agreement with the operators of the downtown heliport to ban all doors-off sightseeing tours - but others states have no such rule.
So-called "shoe selfies," meant to show off people's exhilarating adventures, are posted all over the Instagram page for FlyNYON – the company that booked the helicopter tour, which crashed Sunday in the East River, sparing the pilot but leaving all five passengers dead.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is being urged to contact investigators.
Investigators began working Monday to determine what caused Sunday night's crash.
At least two people were killed and three others were in critical condition Sunday night after a helicopter crashed in the East River, the NYPD said.
Police say 114 passengers and one dog were off-loaded from the ferry, which authorities said was taking on water in the East River near Pier 11 Monday evening.
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A man's body was found floating in the East River Tuesday morning, police said.
A decomposed body was found in the East River near 14th Street Sunday, police said.
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Wind gusts between 30-45 mph will persist into Wednesday across the Tri-State Area
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Divers recovered what appears to be the rotor of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, a key piece for investigators.
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said "of course I'm not going to do it" about returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man deported to an El Salvadoran prison.
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