Another thing I did not mention in the other post on this, was that the wind can really howl through that area up to and past the Englewood Cliff's, beyond the GWB, creating some real nasty waves, I've experienced this, in those waters in a 24' boat, at the wheel, darned lucky that the weather was cooperative and he did not dip a wing and cartwheel, I am surprised there is no footage from that area with all the sky cams etc.
One other thing, not sure what his course was from LaGuardia, but if he had set it down above the GWB, the emergency response would have been longer, no doubt about it, water being calm enough, the pilot's reaction to this and where it set down, was about as good as it gets, all kinds of ferry traffic there, close to the USS Intrepid, lot of activity there. Thankfully he did not have to set it down in the east river, those currents are swift, turbulent, dictated by the tide, you fall in there, it's over.
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