NYPD Officers Race To Save Teenager In Distress [WATCH]

Three NYPD officers are being credited with saving the life of a teenage girl who jumped into the Harlem River on Tuesday afternoon, as reported by The New York Post.

The rescue, captured on body camera footage, showed the officers racing to pull the teen from the freezing water near 142nd Street just after 2 p.m.

Officers Ankit Gupta, Wilmer Guerrero, and Shuaibul Amine responded after receiving a report of a girl in distress near Harlem River Drive. According to police, the girl jumped into the river while still wearing her clothes as officers ran toward her on the rocks.

Gupta said the girl immediately began screaming for help. Officers saw her struggling in the cold water as she cried out, “Help me, help me, please!”

Guerrero removed much of his gear before entering the water. “Somebody needed help, and this is what we signed up for, and we’re here to help, and that’s what we did,” he said on Thursday when the officers returned to the scene.

NYPD cops pull teen girl from Harlem River during heart-pounding rescue: video https://t.co/Nqel7OekTl pic.twitter.com/1NB20HjOu9

— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) November 13, 2025

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“It was definitely a cold plunge, freezing,” Guerrero recalled. “But at that moment, nothing else mattered but just getting her out of the water. So I got over it pretty quickly.”

Guerrero swam about 20 feet to reach the teen. “I just grabbed her by her sweater and her shoulder, and I was just swimming along with her, and then I was just pushing her forward,” he said.

He noted the girl was panicking but said he tried to keep her calm with reassuring words as he made his way back toward officers on the shoreline.

Gupta and Amine, who had also removed some of their gear in case additional help was needed, pulled Guerrero and the girl from the water.

Emergency Service Unit members wrapped the teen in blankets when they arrived, and she was transported to a hospital conscious and alert.

“And hopefully we gave this girl a second chance, because obviously this thing could have gone a whole different way,” Guerrero said.

The three officers, all from the 32nd Precinct and each with less than four years of service, said it was their first water rescue. “I’m just glad that we were all there as a group, that it was a group effort that gave her a second chance,” Gupta said.

Amine added, “It’s great when you save somebody. That’s what we signed up for in this job, right?”

When it came to saving a life, our officers had no hesitation.@NYPD32Pct officers saw a woman in the East River and jumped into the frigid water to pull her to safety.

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Police officials said the teen’s condition was stable as of Thursday, and the department continues to review the incident.

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