NYPD detectives jump over glass barrier to save distraught woman on ledge of 54-story NYC building, dramatic video shows

Heart-pounding footage shows the moment highly trained NYPD detectives climbed over a glass wall to rescue a distraught woman on the edge of a 54-story rooftop in Manhattan last week.

The dramatic rescue of the 33-year-old woman took place last Wednesday at a Midtown building on East 29th Street.

When members of NYPD’s emergency service unit (ESU) responded, they were initially separated from the woman by a glass divider, forcing police to undergo a rope operation to reach the victim, bodycam footage shows.

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Officers held onto the woman who was on the ledge of the building. NYPD News

The ESU team received a call around 3:10 p.m. about a woman who appeared to be ready to jump from the ledge of the 54-floor building, police said.

The video posted online by the NYPD shows at least two ESU members holding onto the woman’s left arm through a slight opening of the seven-foot high barriers.

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