Members of the NYPD’s Emergency Services jumped into action to rescue a construction worker who fell 30 feet down a manhole in upper Manhattan, startling video released Friday shows.
The 35-year-old hardhat was working at the Bard-Haven Towers on Haven Ave. near W. 170th St. in Washington Heights when he fell into the open manhole around 8:45 a.m. on Nov. 20.
Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows Emergency Service Unit officers set up a temporary tripod frame and a winch.
They then lowered an officer down into the darkened hole to find the construction worker on the ground below. Rungs on the side of the underground tunnel had rotted away near the bottom, making it difficult to climb down, someone said on the video.
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