The bold attempt received a lot of praise from social media users.
A video showing the dramatic rescue of a woman from a New York high-rise has gone viral on social media. The video was shot on a bodycam installed on New York police officers who climbed over a glass wall to rescue a distraught woman on the edge of a 54-story roof in Manhattan. According to New York PostThe rescue of the 33-year-old woman took place last Wednesday on East 29th Street. The clip was posted to X by NYPD News.
If the public needs help, they call the police. If the police need help, they call ESU. @NYPDSpecialops ESU detectives recently rescued a distraught woman from a roof 54 floors above using their rope rescue skills.
Watch the body-worn camera footage from the rescue⬇️ pic.twitter.com/mQrg5o3M8M
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 6, 2024
Police said the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit (ESU) received a call around 3:30 PM (local time) about a woman who appeared ready to jump from the edge of the building.
When police reached the location, they were separated from the woman by a glass partition, requiring them to use a rope to reach her on the 54th floor.
The video shows two officers holding the woman’s left arm through a slit opening. Another officer is then seen tied to the rope and jumping over the glass wall.
He joins another colleague as police waited on the other side to grab the woman. One of the rescuers is heard telling the woman, “You’re doing fine.”
“If the public needs help, they call the police. If police need help, they call ESU,” NYPD said in the post on X.
The bold attempt received a lot of praise from social media users.
“Holy smoke y’all, I ran towards some crazy stuff but never, ever the edge of a building! Great work everyone, great work,” said one X user. “Wow that’s scary to see when they were saving that poor woman when she’s scared, that’s really scary to see,” said another.
New York Post said the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
