BROOKLYN BRIDGE — THE EAST-BOUND LANES of the Brooklyn Bridge were closed just before 8 p.m. Wednesday while emergency responders rescued an unidentified person walking along a cable high above the roadway. Police said they received the 911 call of a person climbing the bridge at roughly 7:38 p.m.
As helicopters circled overhead, members of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit, tethered to a railing, climbed the bridge and engaged the distressed individual in dialogue, then safely placed them into custody. No injuries were reported.
Police did not supply identifying information about the victim. According to ABC News, the climber was a 31-year-old woman who was taken to Woodhull Hospital; other news outlets report the rescued individual was a man.
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