NYPD Emergency Service Unit Officers responded about 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2026 to a high-rise building on Duffield Street in Brooklyn to rescue a woman who was sitting outside the guardrail on the corner of the top floor of the building.
WATCH: Heart-stopping bodycam footage shows NYPD officers rescuing a sobbing woman dangling off the edge of a Brooklyn high-rise.
At one point, an officer carefully inches toward the woman telling her “We care about you. We don’t want to see you hurt yourself.”
Emergency… pic.twitter.com/Hke0ABOQZk
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 11, 2026
Heroism and heart from NY's Finest.
When a woman was seated on the ledge of a high-rise building in Brooklyn, our officers quickly responded, using their training to save her life.
This is what it takes to protect and serve. pic.twitter.com/Iowo3fRBj1
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 9, 2026
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