Caught on video: NYPD officers rescue woman from Central Park Reservoir
NEW YORK - Dramatic body camera video shows two NYPD officers rescuing a woman from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park.
On Tuesday afternoon, Officer Healy & Sergeant Debellis from @NYPDCentralPark observed a woman in distress in the Central Park Reservoir. They quickly jumped into action and helped get her to safety.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 15, 2022
Watch the body-worn camera footage of this heroic water rescue. pic.twitter.com/BZKJrkRIK5
In a video posted on Twitter, the NYPD says two officers with the Central Park precinct "observed a woman in distress" in the reservoir Tuesday at around 4:21 p.m.
"They quickly jumped into action and helped get her to safety," the NYPD wrote.
Watch: Woman rescued from Central Park Reservoir
The video shows an officer climbing over the reservoir's fence and removing some of his equipment before swimming out to the woman with a life vest. His partner doled out safety line from the shore.
The officers were able to pull the woman to safety.