The 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were on a jet ski journey that started in New Jersey, police said. Their jet ski spilled them into the water at about 7:20 p.m., and the Hudson’s strong current carried them downstream, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 7:30 pm, in the water near Battery Place and Vesey Street, just off the southern tip of Manhattan, police said Saturday.
The 23-year-old victim and his 22-year-old girlfriend, both New Yorkers, were taking a jet ski tour run by a company in Hoboken when they toppled into the water about 7:20 p.m. Saturday, police said.