By Thomas Tracy
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — Members of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit jumped into motion to rescue a development employee who fell 30 ft down a manhole in higher Manhattan, startling video launched Friday exhibits.
The 35-year-old onerous hat was working on the Bard-Haven Towers on Haven Ave. close to W. one hundred and seventieth St. in Washington Heights when he fell into the open manhole round 8:45 a.m. on Nov. 20.
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Bodycam footage launched by the NYPD exhibits Emergency Service Unit officers arrange a brief tripod body and a winch.
They then lowered an officer down into the darkened gap to seek out the development employee on the bottom beneath. Rungs on the aspect of the underground tunnel had rotted away close to the underside, making it troublesome to climb down, somebody stated on the video.
ESU officers lowered down an FDNY firefighter after which a backboard earlier than hoisting the injured development employee again up.
“You’re good…he’s good,” an officer will be heard saying because the employee was handed off to metropolis emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
EMS rushed the person to New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center the place he was handled and launched.
“One unexpected drop. One expert rescue,” the NYPD posted on X together with the bodycam footage. “When a construction worker fell through a manhole cover, @NYPDSpecialops ESU secured the scene, worked with @FDNY to safely reach him, and get them medical care.”
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