JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- A man getting ready to watch the sunrise on a piece of plywood in a marina was swept out by the Hudson River current and wound up about 2 nautical miles away near Governors Island. The man was sent drifting into the river on an 8-foot-long piece of plywood about 4:45 a.m. Thursday, a little more than half an hour before the sun came up, Fire Department of New York Capt. Louis Guzzo said. The man told rescuers he went out to a dock to watch the sun come up.
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