I was down there on my jet ski on saturday. When I started going up the east river past the brooklyn bridge, I noticed a lot of coast guard out there and NYPD. Then, when I got up to the UN, a coast guard cutter raced at me with the guy in the front with the 50 cal gun pointed in my direction.
The guy raced towards me and said there was a "security event" going on and for me to ride side by side with him until he said to leave. He got up to about 50 mps and let me off up around Hell's Kitchen area.
Had I known it was the terrorist from iran, I wish thery would have let me got whack that devil.