NYC subway rescue: Officers save man who fell onto train tracks l VIDEO
NEW YORK CITY - Two NYPD officers rescued a man earlier this week who fell onto NYC subway tracks after suffering a medical episode.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening at the Third Avenue–149th Street station in the Bronx.
According to police, the man suffered a medical episode before collapsing and falling onto the tracks, landing just inches from the third rail.
As the train approached, police said the officers managed to pull the man to safety with the help of several bystanders.
When a man suffered a medical episode & fell on the subway tracks, not only was he inches away from the third rail, but there was an oncoming train rapidly approaching the station. Despite the imminent dangers, @NYPD47Pct officers sprang into action & without hesitation pulled… pic.twitter.com/siHHnXCyIG
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 15, 2024
The officers attended to him until an EMS crew arrived.
Back in February, the NYPD released body-cam footage of two officers rescuing another man who fell onto the subway tracks and hit his head.
Video showed one of the officers jumping onto the track bed while the other lifted him. They also had a bystander assist and wave to any oncoming trains entering the station to stop.
What can happen in a NY minute?
This rescue! In less than 60 seconds, two @NYPDTransit cops and a straphanger rushed to save a man after he fell onto the subway tracks and hit his head. Watch the body-worn footage of the rescue as it unfolded. pic.twitter.com/sc8pnBdYEe— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) February 22, 2024
Police officers spotted the man on the tracks at the 181st Street subway station in Washington Heights. The man was sent to Harlem Hospital for evaluation.
