JERSEY CITY, N.J. (1010 WINS/AP)  -- A vehicle containing the body of a 91-year-old rabbi who's been missing for more than a day has been pulled from the Hackensack River, authorities said Thursday.

1010 WINS AUDIO: Steve Sandberg Reports

Zev Segal of Manhattan was last seen around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday as he left WFMU, a radio station in Jersey City where his son, Nachem Segal, is a host. Segal's show "JM in the AM" just celebrated 25 years on the air.

The dark-green, four-door Mercury Marquis that had been driven by Rabbi Zev Segal was spotted in the water at low tide Thursday and pulled from the river, said Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey.

``The person in the vehicle has been positively identified as Mr. Segal,'' Comey said.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said it wasn't yet known exactly how the car ended up in the water. The investigation is ongoing, but DeFazio said at this point, authorities don't suspect foul play.

In a statement, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg mourned the rabbi's death.

``Like many New Yorkers, I knew of Rabbi Zev Segal's reputation as a scholar, as the builder of a strong Jewish community, and as a man who brought people together,'' Bloomberg said.

The mayor, who traveled to Israel with the rabbi's son to attend a dedication of the country's new Holocaust memorial and museum, added: ``From his children, I know that Rabbi Segal was a man of sharp intellect and strong character, great spirit and good humor.''

Segal was on his way to an appointment in Livingston when he went missing Wednesday morning, Comey said. It appeared his body had been in the water for at least 24 hours, he said.

Segal will be buried in Israel, but the family is planning a memorial service on the Lower East Side of Manhattan for Friday.

Inset photo from 1010 WINS' Steve Sandberg

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