Divers were searching New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge Friday for a missing 15-year-old girl who went into the water but never resurfaced.
After two hours, the rescue mission had slowly turned into a recovery mission in the waters between Queens and Randall’s Island, sources with knowledge of the case said.
Divers from the FDNY and NYPD search the East River near the Roosevelt Island Bridge after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The teen entered the water off Rainey Park in Astoria at about 12:15 p.m., cops said.
When she didn’t resurface, a friend she was with called 911.
Emergency responders were dispatched into the water to find the teen, who left a backpack behind with a book titled “The Forest Demands Its Due,” pictures from the scene show.
NYPD officers search through property belonging to the victim after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Divers were still searching for the teen as of 2:15 p.m., officials said.
Divers from the FDNY and NYPD search the East River near the Roosevelt Island Bridge after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)Divers from the FDNY and NYPD search the East River near the Roosevelt Island Bridge after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)Divers from the FDNY and NYPD search the East River near the Roosevelt Island Bridge after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)Divers from the FDNY and NYPD search the East River near the Roosevelt Island Bridge after a 15-year-old girl went missing on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
