body camera footage<\/a> released by the Tampa Police Department.<\/p>\nAn elderly man slipped and nearly toppled off the roof of his home while blowing leaves. facebook\/TampaPD<\/p>\n
\u201cI got you, sir,\u201d one of the officers said as they approached him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad somebody\u2019s got me,\u201d the elderly man responded.<\/p>\n
Officers Jason Sikoski and Kaleb Girard, both with the Tampa Police Department, rushed to rescue an elderly man who was reportedly seen dangling off the roof of his three-story home. <\/p>\n
When they arrived, the man was clinging to the roof tiles, but steadily sliding. His legs were already hanging over the edge, according to the video.<\/p>\n
The duo hurried to the top floor of his home and climbed through a window to access the roof.<\/p>\n
Two officers with the Tampa Police Department dragged him back onto the roof. facebook\/TampaPD<\/p>\n
Each officer grasped one of the man\u2019s wrists as they gingerly hauled him back up to safety. The man did his best to tough out the pain even as the tiles scraped against his bare legs. <\/p>\n
The trio took a breather on the roof once the man was safe \u2014 and he sheepishly offered his sincerest apology.<\/p>\n
The elderly man lauded the officers with praise. facebook\/TampaPD<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t mean to cause all this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not your fault, that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for,\u201d Girard assured.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou got here very quickly,\u201d the man praised.<\/p>\n
The Tampa Fire Rescue squad later helped the man off the roof. facebook\/TampaPD<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what we try to do, yes sir,\u201d Girard said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you do a very good job,\u201d the man lauded again.<\/p>\n
The Tampa Police Department said the man lost his footing \u201cwhile blowing leaves on his roof.\u201d <\/p>\n
The responding officers were later assisted by the Tampa Fire Rescue squad, which helped lower the man back onto the ground, according to its Facebook post.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for their quick response, and for a community that trusts us to be there when it matters most!\u201d the police department wrote.<\/p>\n
Many strangers sympathized with the elderly man. One user suggested he may have thought he was still spry enough to \u201cdo silly things\u201d like scaling his roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An elderly man tumbled right off the edge of his roof while he was blowing leaves on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,3475,29,132,27899,723,135,4278],"class_list":["post-80228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-man","tag-florida-news","tag-police","tag-police-body-cameras","tag-rescue","tag-tampa","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}