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Good Samaritan jumps into Jamaica Bay to save autistic man in water


A quick-witted good Samaritan helped save a man who jumped into Jamaica Bay.

A 25-year-old autistic man was on a field trip with other adults and caretakers at Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn Tuesday morning around 10:32 a.m., when he broke away from the group and jumped into the water.

A 49-year-old man nearby who witnessed the incident immediately jumped into the water to save the younger man.

The Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn is pictured on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
The man jumped into the water from Brooklyn’s Canarsie Pier, above. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

NYPD Emergency Service Unit officers were in the area and helped pull both men out of the water.

The pair were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries.

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