SEE IT:FDNY crew rescues ‘basically naked’ swimmer in frigid Hudson River

A determined FDNY rescue crew saved a crazed swimmer from the freezing Hudson River on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The first responders motored out into the waters near W. 12th St. in the West Village around 2:30 p.m., said Lt. Christopher Fallon.

The swimmer, a man in his mid-30s, was “basically naked,” Fallon said.

An FDNY rescue diver plunged into the water but the man resisted, Fallon said.

“He didn’t want to be rescued, ” Fallon recalled.

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An FDNY crew saved a swimmer from the cold Hudson River waters near W. 12th Street on Dec. 2, 2017.
(EVAN MCPHEE VIA TWITTER)

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