Mayor Bloomberg blasted two kayakers who ignored his advice and had to be rescued by the NYPD Harbor Patrol after their boats tipped over in the pre-hurricane waters of Lower New York Bay on Saturday, police said.
“Why they were out there despite all the warnings? I don’t know. They were rescued and are ok,” said the visibly annoyed mayor at an evening press conference.
The two launched the kayaks from Staten Island and paddled into the bay as the storm roared up the East Coast, police said.
The vessel capsized in the rough waters near Mayberry Promenade in Eltingville, about 9 p.m. police said.
They were plucked from the water by the patrol boat about a half-hour later, cops said. Both men were wearing life jackets, police said.
“They went out and they thought they could handle the surf,” said a police source.
The men, both Staten Island residents in their 30’s, were taken to the dry land in Great Kills and then to the 123rd Precinct in Tottenville, where they were each issued criminal court summonses for violating a local emergency order, a misdemeanor, said police.
(Photos) Bloomberg Puts Kayakers Who Had To Be Rescued On BLAST!!!!
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