Cops save woman dangling from edge of New York skyscraper in harrowing rescue

"Members of the NYPD's elite Emergency Services Unit rescued a distraught woman seated on the edge of a Brooklyn skyscraper 30 stories above the sidewalk, harrowing body-worn camera footage released Saturday shows. Don't do it, please. Don't do it, ma'am, one cop implored the crying woman, grabbing hold of her hand as she sat at a windy corner of the Avalon Willoughby Square on Duffield St. near Willoughby St. in downtown Brooklyn at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday."

"The crying 41-year-old woman, wearing a black dress with no shoes, made it more than halfway up the 58-story skyscraper before she stepped out onto a corner sun deck and climbed over a plexiglass partition along the building's edge. When cops found her, she had one leg over the side and was holding onto an opening in the plexiglass. Responding officers reached out and grabbed her hand as they tried to calm her down and called ESU."

"Tell my mom and dad that I love them, the sobbing woman said. A strong wind could be heard on the camera's microphone, and the woman's skirt could be seen flapping in the breeze. Please don't do it, we care about you, the cop said, begging the woman not to jump. We don't want you to hurt yourself. ESU members raced up to the sun deck where two cops tethered themselves to a chest-high wall on the roof and vaulted over the plexiglass partition to join he woman."

"Through it all, the cops tried to calm the woman down as they asked her to join them back on the sun deck. I'm here now, OK, one ESU cop is heard assuring the woman. I told you I was going to come and help you. Listen to me, we're going to do this together. We can sit here for 10 minutes. We can sit here for a half hour. I want to make sure you're safe and you're OK. Whatever you are going through I will personally help you, he said."

NYPD Emergency Services Unit officers rescued a 41-year-old woman who sat on the edge of a 58-story Brooklyn skyscraper about 30 stories above the sidewalk. The woman, barefoot and wearing a black dress, climbed more than halfway up the building and stepped onto a corner sun deck. She then climbed over a plexiglass partition along the building’s edge, leaving one leg over the side while holding an opening in the plexiglass. Officers reached her, grabbed her hand, and tried to calm her while calling ESU. ESU members raced to the sun deck, tethered themselves, and vaulted over the plexiglass to join her. Officers continued reassuring her and offering time to ensure her safety.

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