9/19/20 Water Rescue on Randalls Island

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Location: North of NYPD Harbor Unit on Randalls Island

5 Year old fell into the water and never came up. 3 Adults went in after him, they were rescued.

Rundown:
E-83,35,59,91
L-29,14
B-12
R-1,3,4
Sq-41
RB,SB
Tac-1
CTU
M-4,6
MB

Box in the Bronx:
E60
L17
B14

 
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I've had a good bit of domestic and international experience in places where normal people don't go and seen a good bit of tragedy, but I just can't wrap my head around how the hell you folks of EMS, (any) FD and (any) PD do the job hour after hour, day after day. I assume USCG is involved in this search and include them in those thoughts. Any time a child is injured is a time for prayer for all involved.
 
Prayers. I thought all the NYPD ESU Trucks had Divers on them? Why does the NYPD Helicopter bring Divers then?
 
fdny747 said:
Prayers. I thought all the NYPD ESU Trucks had Divers on them? Why does the NYPD Helicopter bring Divers then?
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PD aviation can, for the most part, be on scene faster than ESU and ready to go faster than ESU. For the East river helicopter crash 2 years ago, PD had divers in the water within 15 minutes thanks to their aviation unit.

for reference look at 6:30 in this video:
 
FDNY Response Videos said:
PD aviation can, for the most part, be on scene faster than ESU and ready to go faster than ESU. For the East river helicopter crash 2 years ago, PD had divers in the water within 15 minutes thanks to their aviation unit.

for reference look at 6:30 in this video:
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I was not complaining I have Friends on ESU was just wondering that's all.
 
fdny747 said:
I was not complaining I have Friends on ESU was just wondering that's all.
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Didn’t think u were :) just wanted to give a little context as to why the aviation unit and their divers is so helpful. Also another thing, they’re great for off shore rescues too. where other divers will take a lot longer to reach.
 
Another major factor , NYPD ESU as well as the FDNY Rescue Companies have many, many different responsibilities , and scuba diving is just one of them. Also scuba rescue is a low occurrence, high risk operation . The NYPD divers that are stationed at Floyd Bennett field and are assigned to the Air Sea Rescue do only one thing...SCUBA RESCUE ! And they are very good at it . Also responding via a helo ,give them a huge advantage...they can be on scene almost anywhere in the city in less then 10 mins.
 
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