Harrowing footage shows NYPD detectives springing into action after a woman clad in angel wings stumbled on a subway platform and fell onto the tracks below.
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The incident unfolded in the late hours of last Halloween in Manhattan. According to The New York Post, two of the NYPD's finest, Detectives Brett Devine and Carmelo Stracuzzi, were grabbing some overtime hours at the Chambers Street station. However, it wasn't just treats for the duo in blue, as they spotted a 24-year-old woman take an accidental tumble onto the tracks at around 1 am on Nov. 1.
"We heard someone yelling that somebody had fallen onto the subway tracks," the 36-year-old Devine recalled to The Post.
In footage shared by the outlet, Devine can be seen asking his partner for a flashlight in hopes of signaling oncoming train operators.
"At that point, we ran over, and I observed a female lying unconscious on the railbed," Devine continued. "She was totally unconscious, and I jumped down onto the tracks."
Meanwhile, the detectives feared the angel-winged woman was too close to the electrified third rail. Devine, a father of 4, also admitted that it's pretty daunting down there.
"I couldn't believe how high the platform was because that's the first time I've been down there," Devine confessed. "It's very deceiving."
He recounted attempting to wake the angel-winged woman, telling The Post, "I kind of gave her a shoulder tap to see if she would wake up, which she didn't."
Meanwhile, both detectives feared a potential oncoming subway train.
"I remember seeing lights at the end of the tunnel," 42-year-old Detective Stracuzzi recalled. "I'm like, 'Oh boy... we gotta kind of move a little quickly here. You kind of get tunnel vision."
Detectives Rush to Save Woman Wearing Angel Wings
Then, the men really sprang into action.
"At that point, I went under the arms, and Detective Stracuzzi grabbed the legs. We hoisted her onto the subway platform," Devine explained.
With the unidentified angel-winged woman to safety, the two detectives then pulled themselves up from the 4-foot-deep tracks with the help of a third officer.
"That's not an everyday occurrence for us, as far as having someone fall onto the subway tracks," Devine added.
The detective was forced to personally escort the woman to the hospital in their vehicle, as 911 was occupied with other Halloween shenanigans.
"I'm just thankful we were there to help her," Stracuzzi told The Post. "Who knows what could have happened if we weren't there?"
The Detectives' Endowment Association President, Scott Munro, heaped praise on the brave detectives for their rescue of the Halloween angel.
"Detectives Stracuzzi and Devine's heroic actions say everything about the men and women who carry the gold shield," Munro gushed. "They prove exactly why they're called the greatest detectives in the world, and this union is proud to represent them."
