Scuba divers are trained to always use the buddy system, yet they show Hawkes going into the water alone. It's highly unlikely that he would be allowed to go alone, especially since he is working, regulations would likely require him to have at least one diving buddy, especially since they note that the river's currents are very dangerous,
During the shooting scene on the party boat, the boat is in the Hudson River. We see lower Manhattan in the background. Seconds later a man falls from the 59th Street Bridge, which crosses the East River and lands on the boat.
When Mac is down on the barge and looks up to see the compass killer on the bridge he calls for all available units to converge to the bridge. But the compass killer gets away
In the next scene Mac is shown walking the sidewalk of the bridge and being passed by several NYPD officers going the other way, with flashlights, looking for clues.
Mac stops, looks down at the barge below then suddenly notices a note taped to the railing just a few feet away.
That means the officers that passed him literally walked right past the note that was there in plain sight.
In the next scene Mac is shown walking the sidewalk of the bridge and being passed by several NYPD officers going the other way, with flashlights, looking for clues.
Mac stops, looks down at the barge below then suddenly notices a note taped to the railing just a few feet away.
That means the officers that passed him literally walked right past the note that was there in plain sight.