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NYPD officer injured after falling from helicopter during training exercise in Queens

NEW YORK -- An NYPD officer was injured after falling from a helicopter during a training exercise Thursday.

It happened just after noon at the police academy in College Point.

Police say he fell about 20 feet, hurting his leg.

A source tells CBS2 a rope was not hooked up properly.

The officer was put back on the same helicopter and flown to a hospital. He is expected to be OK.

We're told the exercise involved the emergency services unit.

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