The New York police have released body camera video of two officers and a Good Samaritan working together to rescue a man who fell from a train platform onto the tracks at a Brooklyn station on Monday.
Officers stationed in the transit system were alerted just after 2:30 p.m. that a man fell on the F/G train tracks near the Smith and 9th Street station and was unable to get up from the road bed, he said. police.
Footage from the officer’s body camera shows the good Samaritan meeting officers at the station and leading them to the man in distress on the tracks.
Working together, they are seen grabbing the man and lifting him onto the platform to safety before a train arrives.
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A good Samaritan helped officers carry the man back to the platform.
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Police credited the officers and the Good Samaritan with saving the man’s life.
NYPD Brooklyn South praised Officer Green and his partner for helping save the man’s life.
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“Yesterday, while strategically positioned at a transit post at the @NYPD76Pct, Officer Green and his partner were alerted to a man who had fallen onto the tracks. Within seconds they were able to rescue him and save his life,” NYPD Brooklyn South posted on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
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The man was taken to Methodist Hospital in stable condition, according to police. No update on the man’s condition was immediately available.
The man had fallen onto the F/G train tracks at the Smith and 9th Street station in Brooklyn.
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It was not clear how the man fell onto the tracks.
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Last month, police shared video of NYPD officers running to rescue a man who fell on the northbound B/Q subway tracks inside the 18th Street and Church Avenue subway station. in Brooklyn.
