A 71-year-old man was rushed to the hospital with hypothermia after he fell in the frigid waters off Queens while kayaking, authorities said.
The kayaker was rescued by divers off the coast of Broad Channel. They hauled him onto land at E. 12th Street and Cross Bay Boulevard before he was taken to Jamaica Hospital, officials said.
The elderly adventurer is lucky to be alive.
"He did not have a life jacket," a police source said.
The other man was rescued from the kayak by a helicopter and taken to Floyd Bennett Field, where he was later taken to a hospital.
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