Rescuers pull unconscious surfer from the water after he got caught under jetty in the Rockaways Friday. (Photo: Wilster for News)
Queens
A surfer was clinging to life Friday night after firefighters pulled him from the choppy waters of the Rockaways, according to the New York Daily News.
The 20-year-old victim got tangled in a jetty off the boardwalk near Beach 92nd St. about 4:15p.m., officials and witnesses said.
Fellow surfers swam to help the distressed man, whose ankle tether - a line that ties the board to the surfer - appeared to be snagged on a wooden post, witnesses said.
An off-duty firefighter jumped in the water and freed him as two other smoke-eaters in wetsuits rushed in to assist the group, witnesses said.
"That dude is a hero," said the surfer's friend, who wouldn't identify himself. "I don't even know who he is ... but he's a hero."
The man was taken from the surfers-only zone to Peninsula Hospital in critical condition, officials said.
His family and friends were at his bedside last night.
The victim's friends appeared devastated as they watched the man be dragged to shore.
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