TARRYTOWN – A man who dangled precariously from the Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge was rescued on Friday when members of the Westchester County Police Emergency Services Unit rappelled over the side of the structure and brought him to safety.
State Police and emergency personnel had been called to a report of a man who had climbed over a glass barrier at an overlook and was standing on the edge of the bridge, possibly threatening to jump.
Rescuers engaged the man in dialogue and during an interagency operation, rappelled down and brought him to safety.
The man was taken by Tarrytown EMS to a local hospital for evaluation.
During the incident, the walking path on the bridge was closed.
