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Third Teen Arrested in Queensboro Bridge Shaft Fall Tied to TikTok Stunt

Investigators are reviewing leaked videos as they pursue reckless endangerment plus trespass counts for minors.

First responders rescued the teen, who was suffering from hypothermia, from the narrow shaft on the lower level of the bridge near its Queens entryway about 9 p.m. Monday, FDNY Deputy Chief Nicholas Corrado said. (NYC.gov via FDNY)
The Queensboro Bridge
The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge is seen above a soccer field on Roosevelt Island on June 17, 2023.

Overview

  • Police say the latest arrest involves a 14-year-old charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass, following earlier arrests of a 15-year-old and another 14-year-old.
  • Family identify the victim as 16-year-old Frankie Allocca, who remains hospitalized after a roughly 50-foot fall with reported brain and spinal injuries and hypothermia.
  • FDNY and NYPD executed a complex, hours-long confined-space rescue using ropes and a Spec-Pak after a second 911 call guided crews to a shaft where a firefighter spotted a shoe and blood.
  • Authorities and relatives report the teen was attempting a social-media or urban-exploration stunt, and that his companions recorded the incident and left without calling for help.
  • Newly circulated clips from GoPro and social platforms show the climb and the aftermath, while petitions and a fundraiser press for accountability and support for Allocca’s recovery.