NYPD officers, bystander save man who fell subway tracks

The incident happened around 4 p.m. Thursday at the 116th Street station in East Harlem. The man, whom police said fell by accident, was taken to a hospital with injuries to his hand and back.

Officers Brunel Victor and Taufique Bokth were on patrol at the station when they saw a commotion and heard a scream from the opposite side of the station, police said. They ran up and down stairs, through an emergency exit and onto the tracks, pulling the man to safety with the assistance of a bystander who was already trying to help, police said.

Bystanders then helped the officers climb back to the platform, just before a 6 train pulled into the station.“Our daily thing is to help people. We don’t care what if we have to put ourselves on the line. That’s why we do, that’s why we take this job,” Victor told WABC-TV. Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell praised the officers in a tweet, writing: “The heroics of NY’s Finest always amazes me…. the courage is second nature. Join me in saluting these great cops!”

Nice work...Santa's going to bring boys something sweet for 🎄. Mike MacDonald over at Intel NYC must be very impressed with nice gentlemen. Rock in Deep Purple..

Job well done!!

It is :the bystander and then the nypd

And this, my friends, is why the NYC Subway needs platform screen doors. Sure, we won’t be able to install PSD’s on all 472 stations in the system because of the placement of doors on trains, but it’ll help reduce the number of incidents like these.

A rare example of police being willing to release body cam footage to the public

Finally, some body cam footage with police being awesome. ♥️♥️

Good for the civilian…. Police just doing what they signed up to do

So scary! They went above and beyond💙 I hope the man recovers from the injuries.

And of course, bad cops kill an average of three people in America every day.

I see they have no problem releasing body cam footage when they're sure the officer isn't culpable

Wow 😮

Awesome rescue!

Why were all those people on the platform just standing there not doing anything to help?

There’s still humanity in this 🌎

Heros!

Insane.

Team work

Saving lives every day!

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