[Music] according to officials in a shocking video water from the East River flowed into the Queen's Midtown Tunnel Wednesday afternoon after a drilling contractor accidentally punched a hole in the roof and caused a deluge that terrified drivers workers were doing investigative work related to the design of the upcoming un Esplanade project when they punctured a hole in the edge of the tunnel Josh Krauss of the New York City Economic Development Corporation said at a press conference the busy passageway sprung a leak in the South tube on the queen side at around 12:30 pmmm prompting officials to close it for roughly 45 minutes video of the massive leak showed cars driving through the tunnel as water cascaded down from Square openings well that's scary said someone in a video posted online by at whattis New York officials had reopened one lane in each Direction but traffic remains snarled