Mayor Eric Adams on Monday honored two heroic NYPD officers who rescued a man from the East Harlem subway tracks on Thanksgiving, deeming them the embodiment of valor among the department's ranks.
“These officers are representative of how we’re going to fulfill our commitment and promise of regaining the safety in our subway system,” Hizzoner said of Officers Taufique Bokth and Brunel Victor Monday morning, at the 116th Street 6 train stop in East Harlem whereThe boys in blue were patrolling the station Thursday afternoon — while many New Yorkers were stuffing themselves with turkey and mashed potatoes — when a man began to feel dizzy and fell to the northbound tracks.
With the assistance of an anonymous Good Samaritan who had already descended to the trackbed, the officers grabbed the man and foisted him back onto the platform. The rescue crew were pulled up by other passengers and all were off the tracks just seconds before the arrival of a northbound 6 train. The man was removed to the hospital in stable condition.
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