"Body-worn camera footage later captured the tense moments as officers tethered themselves, cleared a plexiglass partition and reached the woman, who had one leg over the edge and no shoes. They spoke calmly to her, offered her a phone and carried her down to safety before taking her to a hospital for observation. The dramatic scene, recorded on video, has since spread online."
"As shown in the footage and reported by New York Daily News, uniformed officers first grabbed the woman's hand and tried to keep her from going over, with one officer pleading, "don't do it, please. don't do it, ma'am." The video sequence shows officers calling for the department's specialized unit while working to keep her engaged in conversation until that team arrived."
"Members of the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit tethered themselves and vaulted the plexiglass partition to reach the woman on the narrow sun deck, according to New York Daily News. An ESU officer offered the woman a phone so she could call her mother, and at one point she told officers to "tell my mom and dad that I love them," the outlet reports. After officers hoisted her back over the ledge, she was taken to an area hospital for observation."
A 41-year-old woman climbed onto a corner sun deck and sat on a ledge about 30 stories above the sidewalk at a Downtown Brooklyn high-rise. NYPD Emergency Service Unit officers pulled her to safety after tethering themselves, clearing a plexiglass partition, and reaching her while she had one leg over the edge and no shoes. Officers kept her engaged with calm conversation, offered her a phone to call her mother, and urged her not to jump. After officers hoisted her back over the ledge, she was carried down and taken to a hospital for observation. Body-worn camera footage captured the rescue and spread online.
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