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New York Police Rescue Woman on Brooklyn Bridge After Hour-Long Standoff

Bodycam footage shows New York Police Emergency Service Unit officers rescuing a 31-year-old woman who climbed onto the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge and dangled about 276 feet above the roadway.Officers secured safety straps, climbed the suspension cables and kept calm communication for nearly an hour before inching along a narrow beam and pulling the woman to safety; she resisted at first but suffered no injuries.The woman is taken to Woodhull Hospital for evaluation, she is not arrested, eastbound lanes toward Brooklyn are closed for about three hours, and Commissioner Jessica Tisch posts the video on X while urging people in crisis to call 988.
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