Reports of a plane down in the east river near east 23rd street and fdr drive started to come in at around 5:33 p.m., the fdny said. several police and fire boats immediately responded, and found. A seaplane made a hard landing in new york's east river on friday and passengers including tv producer bill lawrence, the creator of "scrubs" and other shows, were rescued.. The fdny responded to a disabled seaplane in the east river after its pontoon apparently broke. it happened around 5:35 p.m. near east 20th street on friday. the plane took off from east hampton.
'scrubs' creator bill lawrence among 10 aboard downed plane in east river (a strut attaches a pontoon to the plane.) with three struts broken, the aircraft began to list and the pilot aborted. The nypd harbor unit rescued passengers and crew from a disabled seaplane, that police say was involved in a hard landing in new york city's east river on friday, july 21st.. I happened to be searching for some sea plane landings in the east river of nyc and came across this one. it appears that the person who took the video didn't know that it was jimmy buffett's plane, but it certainly is..
