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Authorities Have No Clue Why a Woman Jumped Off a Staten Island Ferry

NEW YORK - MAY 08:  A Staten Island Ferry heads towards Manhattan following the crash of another ferry into a dock in the city's borough of Staten Island on May 8, 2010 in New York City. Dozens were injured in the morning crash in which the ferry was returning from Manhattan. This is the same ferry, the Andrew J. Barbieri, which in October 2003 crashed into the pier at the same terminal in St. George, Staten Island at full speed, resulting in the death of 11 people while injuring another 70.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A Coast Guard spokesman told the Post that the roughly 30-year-old woman plugged her nose and jumped off the "Spirit of America" ferry Thursday afternoon. Coast Guard members aboard a rescue boat pulled her out of the water in less than two minutes and found that she did not appear distraught or incoherent, leaving authorities puzzled about her motivation. Sure, the McCarren Park Pool can be a bit rough, but this isn't a good alternative.

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Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images