Heroic NYPD cop jumps into polluted waterway to save woman from drowning: video

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An NYPD cop heroically jumped into a murky and polluted Queens waterway to save a woman from drowning last week, harrowing video shows.

The fearless Harbor Unit officer jumped into Newtown Creek around 4:45 p.m. Friday after pilings in the water prevented the police boat from getting close enough to the woman.

An attempt at tossing an inflatable safety jacket also failed, leading the heroic officer to make a drastic decision.

Two people in life vests in the water next to a boat, with a large metal bridge in the background. — Police said the fearless Harbor Unit officer jumped into the water July 10, when his crew responded to a woman who’d fallen into Newtown Creek in Queens around 4:45 p.m. NYPD

A person's hand pulling a rope from a boat in the water, with a life ring floating in the distance near a bridge. — An attempt at tossing an inflatable safety jacket also failed, leading the heroic officer to make a drastic decision. NYPD

“Are you going in?” a fellow officer asks the cop, before he responds “I’m gonna go in” – and jumps into the grimy creek without hesitation, according to bodycam footage.

The video then shows the officer swimming over to the woman and grabbing onto her, before carrying her over to the boat.

The cop takes the woman and himself around the boat’s port, pulling down the ladder of the patrol boat, while the ship-bound crew helps the two up, video shows.

A body camera perspective shows a man in a red life vest in the water being pulled by his hands onto a boat. — The cop takes the woman and himself around the boat’s port, pulling down the ladder of the patrol boat, while the ship-bound crew helps the two up, video shows. NYPD

“You’re okay, you’re alright,” the NYPD crew says to the woman in the video as they take her back to shore.

The footage shows the woman was treated by an Emergency Service Unit, who gave her fluids. She was hen then being whisked away by EMS for medical treatment.