A missing 17-year-old boy's family says he leaped from the Staten Island Ferry and had left a note beforehand.

Search crews respond after Brandon Pino, 17, jumped off the Staten Island ferry on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) Brandon lived with his mom and two older sisters in Port ...

Brandon Pino, 17, of Staten Island, was allegedly spotted jumping off the busy ferry around 9:45pm on Saturday as the boat was approaching Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan.

Brandon Pino, 17, is missing after jumping off the Staten Island Ferry on Saturday. (Courtesy of family) The morning he jumped, he sent a group of friends increasingly alarming text messages, his ...

An emergency transmission indicated someone fell from the Staten Island Ferry, but authorities were unable to confirm.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The bodies of two men in their 30s were pulled from New York City waters on Friday, according to the NYPD. These recoveries come amid a desperate search for Brandon Pino ...

Brandon Pino, 17, had taken to Instagram to write a farewell message to his followers and sent worrying texts to his friends before he jumped off the Staten Island Ferry around 9:45am on Saturday.

NEED TO KNOW. Family said Brandon Pino, 17, disappeared after he jumped from a Staten Island Ferry vessel on May 31. A police spokesperson tells PEOPLE that crews responded to “a 911 call for a ...

Police said Brandon Pino has been missing since he jumped from the boat around 9:45 a.m. local time on Saturday, May 31, as the vessel neared Manhattan, according to the New York Daily News.

NEED TO KNOW. Family said Brandon Pino, 17, disappeared after he jumped from a Staten Island Ferry vessel on May 31. A police spokesperson tells PEOPLE that crews responded to “a 911 call for a ...

Cathleen Pino, Brandon’s 27-year-old sister, told the Daily News that her brother had posted a message on Instagram before jumping into the water. Brandon, who lived in Port Richmond, had gone to his ...

Cathleen Pino, Brandon’s 27-year-old sister, told the Daily News that her brother had posted a message on Instagram before jumping into the water. Brandon, who lived in Port Richmond, had gone to his ...