NEW YORK -- A Portland woman who was teaching in New York City and disappeared days before classes were to start was rescued from the chilly waters off Staten Island.

According to the New York Daily News, ferry workers pulled 23-year-old Hannah Upp to safety Tuesday after she jumped off of a pier in a failed suicide attempt.

Ferry police said the vessel’s captain was docking a ship and noticed something in water before he called for rescue crews.

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Upp was found face down in the water. Rescuers said she would have likely died had help not come sooner.

Investigators said they were trying to figure out if Upp jumped, fell or was pushed off the pier.

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Police said she was taken to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

Family and friends offered a $10,000 reward in the search for Upp, who was last seen August 29 as she left her apartment in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

Upp was spotted in early September checking her email at a Manhattan computer store.

She was about to start her second year there teaching Spanish at the Thurgood Marshall Academy.