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.
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.
Divers were still searching for the teen as of 2:15 p.m., officials said.