A desperate search for a missing 15-year-old girl feared drowned in New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge entered its second day Saturday.
After a night of heavy rains, NYPD scuba divers were expected to go back into the waters between Queens and Roosevelt Island on Saturday and attempt to recover the girl’s body, officials said.
The girl was sitting on the rocks, wearing a bathing suit with a flower pattern on it, when she fell into the river, police said Saturday.
The teen is believed to be from the Upper East Side , WABC Eyewitness News reported.
The teen entered the East River at about 12:15 p.m. on Friday, cops said. When she didn’t resurface, a friend she was with called 911.
Responding officers found a bookbag near the water that they believe belong