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A suicidal teen scaled a tower at the Chelsea Piers golf driving range Sunday evening — sparking a rescue operation lasting more than five hours, cops said. 

Police were notified around 5:30 p.m. that a 19-year-old man was at the top of the tower supporting the 160-foot netting at the fairway and threatened to jump, authorities said. 


  NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit ascended the tower, harnessed the teen up and lowered him down to the ground. William C. Lopez NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit ascended the tower, harnessed the teen up and lowered him down to the ground. William C. Lopez

By 9:45 p.m., NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit ascended the tower, harnessed the teen up and lowered him down to the ground. 

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital at 10:50 p.m. 

No criminality was immediately suspected and the teen didn’t face any charges by Monday morning.


  The teenager was taken to Bellevue Hospital. William C. Lopez The teenager was taken to Bellevue Hospital. William C. Lopez

A 160-foot-high net protects the golf club’s artificial turf fairway, which juts out 200 yards over the water and is about 40 yards wide, according to the golf outlet Morning Read.

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