Crime & Safety
VIDEO: FDNY Helps Free 2-Year-Old's Arm After It Got Stuck In NYC Subway Doors
The incident happened at the Flushing Avenue and Broadway station.
NEW YORK CITY — Video circulating on social media shows the moment first responders help remove a 2-year-old girl's hand which got stuck in a train door earlier this week.
The incident happened at the Flushing Avenue and Broadway station on Wednesday around 1 a.m.
It is believed the child's hand got stuck in the train door while passengers were boarding and leaving the train.
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Video shows passengers and an MTA worker attempting to help the child and get her hand free.
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FDNY personnel then arrived at the scene and were able to free the child’s hand from the subway door.
EMS took the toddler to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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