Overview
- Officers responding to a 911 call at Avalon Willoughby Square on Thursday found a woman seated on a rooftop ledge in downtown Brooklyn.
- An initial officer built rapport, held her hand through a gap in the plexiglass, and promised help after she asked to go to a hospital.
- Emergency Service Unit specialists arrived with ropes, carabiners, and a safety hitch, and a rescuer climbed onto the ledge to secure her.
- The team guided her back over the barrier to the roof, where officers said they would take her for medical care.
- Body-worn camera video of the incident has circulated in news reports as the NYPD publicly praised the officers’ life-saving work.