Rescue of Man From Tracks Captured on Bodycam of Officer Meir Green

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Officer Meir Green patrolling outside Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City address at the Kings Theatre in Flatbush, April 26, 2022. (Reuvain Borchardt/Hamodia)

BROOKLYN — A man who had fallen onto train tracks in Brooklyn on Monday was pulled to safety in an incident captured on the bodycam of NYPD Officer Meir Green.

At 2:34 p.m. Monday, officers inside the F line’s Smith-9th Street station in Carroll Gardens were alerted that a man, who appeared to be disoriented, had fallen onto the tracks. Bodycam footage tweeted by the NYPD shows Green, one of several officers patrolling the station, running through the station, up the steps and down the platform, until he reached the man on the tracks. Green, another officer and a civilian pulled the man onto the platform to safety.

Green, 36, a Boro Park resident and a graduate of Torah Vodaath and Mir-Yerushalayim who wears a tzitzis and yarmulke under his uniform, has been on the force for three years. He is currently assigned to Brooklyn’s 76th Precinct, which includes Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Cobble Hill, parts of Gowanus, and the Columbia Street Waterfront District. He is a brother-in-law of Lieutenant Special Assignment Yitzy (Ira) Jablonsky.

Inspector Richie (Yechiel) Taylor, the highest-ranked of some two-dozen kippah-wearing cops in the NYPD, told Hamodia he was proud to see his young protege in action.

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“I’ve known Meir Green for almost 20 years, and I’ve seen him grow as a police officer,” Taylor said. “I’m not surprised to see his quick thinking and swift action in saving this person’s life. Police Officer Green truly represents what it means to be one of New York’s Finest.”

Source: Hamodia

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