A worker on the high-octane tourist boat “The Shark’’ fell overboard at the South Street Seaport on Monday, prompting two good Samaritans to jump in after him.
About 20 people were aboard when a high-tension rope suddenly snapped and knocked the worker in the chest as the craft was pulling out at around 3:30 p.m., officials said.
“I heard a splash and then there was a commotion,” said Seaport worker Elan Bacharach, 18, who witnessed the unconscious man and thought about his own grandfather, who drowned in a pool four years ago. “I ran over and saw this guy bleeding from his mouth.”
Bacharach, who weighs just 135 pounds, jumped off the dock and held the man above water until police arrived.
“He was about 200 pounds,” he said. “It wasn’t easy.”
Another passer-by jumped in to assist the rescue. Arriving cops fished out the worker, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
A passenger on the boat was also hit by the rope. She was treated at the scene.