Teenager rescued from 50-ft shaft on New York City bridge after TikTok stunt reportedly went horribly wrong
Teen rescued from bridge after TikTok stunt goes wrong
- A teenage boy was rescued after falling 50 feet into a shaft on New York City's Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
- The 16-year-old, reportedly from Lynbrook, Long Island, is believed to have fallen during a TikTok stunt and was trapped for approximately three hours.
- Seventy-five first responders from the FDNY and EMS conducted a complex confined-space operation to extract him from the bridge's buttress.
- The boy was transported to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition, but his condition has since stabilized.
- The incident has drawn attention to the dangers of social media trends, with authorities previously issuing warnings about similar stunts.
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