STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 It didn\u2019t take an eagle eye to spot the good job done here. <\/p>\n
Police officers from the NYPD\u2019s Harbor Unit saved an injured bald eagle from the icy Hudson River on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Video footage posted to the NYPD\u2019s social media shows the national icon trapped on a shrinking block of ice in the Hudson, with the George Washington Bridge in the background.<\/p>\n
One officer in the video mentions that the eagle\u2019s claw appears to be bleeding while another prepares a snare pole to grab the bird.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to put it too tight, just enough,\u201d one officer in the video can be heard saying.<\/p>\n
While the animal squawks in distress, another officer can be heard reassuring the animal that \u201cit\u2019s alright bro.\u201d<\/p>\n
After successfully looping the eagle\u2019s body, officers pulled the bird onto their boat and covered its head with a blanket before wrangling it into a cage.<\/p>\n