TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Police Department released video Thursday showing the moment officers jumped into action to save an elderly man dangling from the roof of his home.

Police said the man slipped while blowing leaves off the roof and was left hanging three stories high. Body camera footage shows officers crawling on the roof and finding the man with his legs hovering over the edge.

"I got you, sir," one officer says.

"I'm glad somebody's got me," the man responded.

Two officers at the scene grabbed each of the man's hands before they slowly and safely pulled his whole body onto the roof.

"I didn't mean to cause all this," the man said shortly after.

"It's not your fault at all. That's what we're here for," one of the officers responded.

The man thanked the officers for getting t

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