The man was arrested and transported to a local hospital with injuries to his left leg and back.
A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday after allegedly jumping into one of the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.that the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time. The man was found injured inside the north pool — one of two memorial pools that mark the spots where the Twin Towers once stood.
The man, who was not named, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries to his left leg and back. Charges, which may include trespassing, have yet to be filed. Each pool at the memorial site consists of a waterfall that descends 30 feet into a square basin. From there, the water drops another 20 feet into a “smaller, central void,” theshows the man walking towards the central void before lying down and peeking his head over into the chasm. He lies there and stares into the hole for about a minute before he begins slowly inching over the edge.
The names around the north pool include those who were killed in the North Tower, on hijacked Flight 11, and the victims of the 1993 bombing. The south pool includes the names of 9/11 first responders, victims from the South Tower and the Pentagon, and those who were on hijacked Flights 175, 77 and 93.
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