{"id":225756,"date":"2026-05-09T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225756\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:22:10","slug":"cops-save-woman-dangling-from-edge-of-brooklyn-skyscraper-in-harrowing-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225756\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops save woman dangling from edge of Brooklyn skyscraper in harrowing rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the NYPD\u2019s elite Emergency Services Unit rescued a distraught woman seated on the edge of a Brooklyn skyscraper<\/a> 30 stories above the sidewalk, harrowing body-worn camera footage released Saturday shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t do it, please. Don\u2019t do it, ma\u2019am,\u201d one cop implored the crying woman, grabbing hold of her hand as she sat at a windy corner of the Avalon Willoughby Square<\/a> on Duffield St. near Willoughby St. in downtown Brooklyn at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

The crying 41-year-old woman, wearing a black dress with no shoes, made it more than halfway up the 58-story skyscraper before she stepped out onto a corner sun deck and climbed over a plexiglass partition along the building\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n

When cops found her, she had one leg over the side and was holding onto an opening in the plexiglass. Responding officers reached out and grabbed her hand as they tried to calm her down and called ESU.<\/p>\n

\u201cTell my mom and dad that I love them,\u201d the sobbing woman said. A strong wind could be heard on the camera\u2019s microphone, and the woman\u2019s skirt could be seen flapping in the breeze.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease don\u2019t do it, we care about you,\u201d the cop said, begging the woman not to jump. \u201cWe don\u2019t want you to hurt yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESU members raced up to the sun deck where two cops tethered themselves to a chest-high wall on the roof and vaulted over the plexiglass partition to join he woman.<\/p>\n

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A responding NYPD officer holds the hand of a distraught woman seated on the ledge of a Brooklyn skyscraper Thursday. (NYPD)<\/p>\n

Through it all, the cops tried to calm the woman down as they asked her to join them back on the sun deck.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here now, OK,\u201d one ESU cop is heard assuring the woman. \u201cI told you I was going to come and help you. Listen to me, we\u2019re going to do this together. We can sit here for 10 minutes. We can sit here for a half hour. I want to make sure you\u2019re safe and you\u2019re OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever you are going through I will personally help you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo\u2026not yet,\u201d the frightened woman said.<\/p>\n

The cop assured her that she didn\u2019t have to move right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have you,\u201d he said. \u201cTrust me and believe me I have you. We\u2019ll get through this together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cops offered the woman a phone so she could call her mother as she built up the courage to climb back over the partition.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook where we\u2019re at,\u201d the ESU officer said as he looked out onto downtown Brooklyn, trying to lighten the mood. \u201cWe have the best view in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heroism and heart from NY’s Finest.<\/p>\n

When a woman was seated on the ledge of a high-rise building in Brooklyn, our officers quickly responded, using their training to save her life.<\/p>\n

This is what it takes to protect and serve. pic.twitter.com\/Iowo3fRBj1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

After a few moments, the woman agreed to go back over. The ESU cops assisted her back over the partition onto the sundeck.<\/p>\n

Medics rushed the woman to an area hospital for an observation, an NYPD spokesman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeroism and heart from NY\u2019s Finest,\u201d the NYPD said on X as they posted the body-camera footage Saturday. \u201cWhen a woman was seated on the ledge of a high-rise building in Brooklyn, our officers quickly responded, using their training to save her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, counselors are available 24\/7 to listen and support you at 988.<\/p>\n

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