NYPD scuba teams locate the bodies of Willie Tom and Celine Fu. (Paul Martinka)
The bodies of two missing jet skiiers were pulled from the waters off Sea Gate in Brooklyn this afternoon as weeping relatives looked on.
Willie Tom, 44, was driving the jet ski and Celine Fu, 29, was riding when Fu suddenly fell off and disappeared under the water at Kaiser Park last night, witnesses said.
Tom immediately jumped in to save her but was apparently dragged under by the struggling Fu. Neither victim was wearing a life vest.
“He was a great man, an adventurous guy. He loved helping people,” said Toms’ younger brother, Michael, 38, as he and their mother watched from shore this afternoon as police divers recovered the bodies of his sibling and Fu.
“There was no way he was going to come up without her. She was struggling, and if she wasn’t coming up, he wasn’t without her,” Toms said, adding that his brother was a “great swimmer.”
Willie Toms’ body was recovered around noon, while Fu’s was found by the NYPD Harbor Unit an hour later.