The Big Jump
This chapter recounts how the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) press office suggested to orchestrate a symbolic jump into the floating pool for the cameras to record. It describes the Floating Pool Lady's many guises, such as an architect's model, as the C500 barge, and as a floating pool in formation. It also explores how the author experienced the Floating Pool Lady in person through her arrival in New York City with storm water from the Atlantic sloshing around in her pool or her trip from Brooklyn piers 2–3 to her summer home between piers 4 and 5. The chapter mentions Lyn Parker, who had decided to introduce the author as the human Floating Pool Lady, making her shed tears of joy as dozens of happy, wet faces turned toward her and said “Thank you!” It points out how the author continued to make visits to the floating pool at odd hours to meet the press and to see her creation in action as it served the public.