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Caught on video: NYPD officers rescue woman from Central Park Reservoir

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NEW YORK - Dramatic body camera video shows two NYPD officers rescuing a woman from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park. 

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 

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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. 

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