Dramatic bodycam video shows the moment New York City police officers rescued a woman perched atop the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge above the East River on Wednesday.
Rescue Efforts
The NYPD said its Emergency Service Unit responded to the bridge around 7:38 p.m. to reports of a person in distress. Officers climbed the bridge to reach the woman, whose feet dangled over the edge of one of the bridge’s steel cables.
One officer told the woman, ‘I just wanna talk. What’s happening today?’ The officer continued speaking with the woman, urging her to accept help. ‘I wanna help you, that’s why I’m up here right now,’ the officer said. ‘I genuinely care, I do. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It really is. I don’t know what you’re going through, but I want to understand. We have services we can get you to.’
As the woman stood on the cable while holding onto another support cable with one arm, an officer moved close enough to wrap his arms around her and pull her to safety. ‘Don’t do it. Don’t do it, please. Please, please,’ the officer said. ‘I got you. You’re OK, I promise. I got you, I promise. Everything’s gonna be OK. You’re not in trouble.’
Police said officers spent nearly an hour talking with the woman before safely bringing her down the bridge. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch shared the bodycam video on social media and praised the responding officers.
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