Dramatic video captured the moment a teenager dangled over a New York City bridge after almost falling to his death to film a TikTok stunt.
The unidentified 16-year-old Long Island boy plunged 50 feet from the Queensboro Bridge on Monday night, getting stuck in a shaft for around four hours.
More than 70 firefighters and first responders raced to the rescue, bringing 10 pieces of apparatus to save the boy lucky to survive his foolhardy attempt to get online likes.
Dramatic pictures show a boy being rescued after he got stuck while performing a TikTok stunt on the Queensboro Bridge in New York City. CITIZEN
Crews reached the boy after he was stranded for several hours. CITIZEN
Firefighters at the scene of the rescue mission. @nycemergencymgtPictures and video show the boy being lifted from the shaft, dangling high in the air in the manpower-intensive mission.
“This was a confined-space operation, which is a very difficult, time-consuming, manpower-intensive operation,” FDNY Deputy Chief Nicholas Corrado told reporters.
“It involves high-angle equipment, ropes, we have to monitor the air, and create high points.”
The boy was stuck for around four hours and rescuers discovered a shoe and blood at the scene.
“The adrenaline that was felt, it was moving. But this is what we train for,” firefighter Khalid Lee told WABC.
“Once I saw the shoe and the blood, I just relayed that information to the rest of the members on the scene so we could all get the ball rolling on what we were going to use to retrieve this victim once we laid eyes on him.”
Fire crews had to use high-angle equipment and ropes as part of the rescue. FDNY
A Hazardous Materials Company 1 truck rushing to the scene. William Miller
FDNY officials described the rescue as “time-consuming and manpower-intensive.” @nycemergencymgt
The Queensboro Bridge on Monday night. Citizen AppA woman who knew the boy claimed he was climbing the bridge with his pals but they deserted him after the plunge.
It’s not clear how the boy fell down the shaft. He is recovering in the hospital.
TikTok has come under criticism after potentially dangerous stunts appeared on the platform.
