COURIER L 12 IFE, OCT. 25-31, 2019
NEW YORK’S FINEST VIEWS: Cops scaled the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a tactical drill on
Friday. NYPD
POLICE SCALE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
BY KEVIN DUGGAN AND JOE HITI
Offi cers with the Police Department’s
Special Operations Unit scaled the
Brooklyn Bridge as part of a training
exercise Friday.
The Police Department’s Emergency
Services Unit traversed the
iconic span’s main cable to the tower
on the Manhattan side of the bridge beginning
at 11 am.
The city’s top cops were secured
by harnesses to the bridge, but nonetheless
found the tactical maneuver a
daunting task.
“It’s so scary,” said one steely eyed
trooper as he descended the cable onto
the bridge’s pedestrian walkway.
That offi cer’s squad mate was more
enthusiastic.
“It was awesome,” said the cop.
Three to four police choppers circled
overhead during the exercise,
while tourists and passersby stopped
to watch the spectacle.
The training exercise prepares
police for bridge-based operations,
including rescue operations and responding
to potential bomb threats,
according to a spokeswoman for the
police department.
Flatbush Inferno
BY BEN VERDE AND
TODD MAISEL
Five people were
wounded — including
two critically injured
children — after a fastmoving
kitchen fi re
overwhelmed a family
inside their East Flatbush
apartment Monday
afternoon, fi re offi -
cials said.
The fi re erupted in
the top fl oor of 201 Linden
Blvd. between Rogers
and Nostrand avenues
at 3:23 pm, and 60
smoke eaters wrestled
with the blaze from
more than half an hour,
eventually quenching
it at 4 pm, according
to a spokesman for the
Fire Department.
Two of the victims,
both young children,
were rushed to Kings
County Hospital and
Downstate Medical
Center suffering smoke
inhalation, fi re offi -
cials said. The other
injured went to Kings
County Hospital, also
suffering from smoke
inhalation.
Firefi ghters battled the
inferno for nearly 45 minutes
before ultimately
putting out the blaze.
Photo by Ben Verde
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