“A pair of kayakers who paddled too close to the New York City Waterfalls installation under the Brooklyn Bridge nearly drowned when swift currents and the falls’ suction mechanism capsized their boat, police said. ‘I wanted to get a closer look at the waterfalls, and then it sucked us in,’ said Vladimer Spector, 37, one of the two men plucked from the East River by the NYPD Harbor Patrol. He and Bert Rosenblatt, 36, were part of a group of real estate developers who left Red Hook for a tour of the falls with the nonprofit Long Island City Community Boathouse. As they approached the waterfall, they started to lose control of their boat, police said.”–NYDN