A number of individuals rescued from Eastchester Bay after Fordham College crew boat capsizes; no accidents reported

CITY ISLAND, The Bronx (WABC) — At the very least one boat carrying the Fordham College rowing group overturned within the uneven waters of Eastchester Bay between Metropolis Island and Rodman’s Neck within the Bronx.

The Fordham crew boat overturned within the Bay simply after midday on Saturday.

Fordham College confirms that 9 members of the boys’s membership rowing group have been pulled from the water after the boat capsized as a result of a sudden shift in climate situations.

The FDNY says a civilian vessel helped in bringing the crew members to shore.

Fordham College launched a press release saying partially,

“New York Metropolis rules required that the 9 student-athletes, and the 8 further college students and a couple of coaches who helped them, be taken to space hospitals for examination as a result of the get together got here ashore on metropolis property at Rodman’s Neck. There have been no accidents, and all the people concerned have been examined and launched. One of many membership’s boats was misplaced within the mishap.”

Police say all college students and coaches are in steady situation and have been checked after spending time within the water. The Emergency Service Unit and NYPD Harbor additionally assisted in getting them to shore.

School rowing groups are usually comprised of skilled swimmers, which might be a profit in a state of affairs like this.

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