"A photojournalist on assignment at 26 Federal Plaza was rushed to the hospital Tuesday following a chaotic incident with federal immigration enforcement agents, according to video footage and witnesses who spoke to the Daily News. Footage taken by freelance photojournalist Stephanie Keith shows wild scenes on the 12th floor of the federal building in lower Manhattan, where members of the city's press corps have been stationed daily to document the detention of droves of people attending hearings in immigration court amid President Trump's escalating crackdown."
"The video shows a group of agents in masks, balaclavas, and bulletproof vests walking into an elevator with two women, who witnesses said had just left a hearing but had not been detained, as a photojournalist for amNewYork, Dean Moses, follows with his camera. Agents then grabbed him and shoved him out. "Get out the f-ing elevator!" one agent is heard shouting in the footage ."
"Freelance journalist Olga Fedorova begins to document the scene from just outside the elevator's entrance when an agent appears to forcefully shove her to the ground. L. Vural Elibol, a photographer for the Anadolu Agency, positioned behind Fedorova, is then knocked back and appears to hit his head on the floor. Scenes later captured by Keith show him in a neck brace after being loaded onto a stretcher when medics arrived."
Masked federal immigration agents moved into an elevator on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza and confronted people who had just left an immigration hearing. Photojournalists who were documenting the detentions were grabbed, shoved, and in one case forced out of the elevator. A freelance photographer was shoved to the ground and another, L. Vural Elibol, was knocked back, struck his head, and was later loaded onto a stretcher wearing a neck brace. EMTs took Elibol to Downtown Hospital at about 10:30 a.m.; he was discharged in stable condition. The Anadolu Agency was contacted for comment. A press photographers association president called the incident a tragedy for press freedom.
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