Daring NYC Prisoner Escapes Fifth Floor Hospital Using Sheets
TL;DR
A prisoner receiving medical treatment at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City escaped by tying sheets together, rappelling from a fifth-floor window, and hailing a taxi. The 44-year-old man had been in custody since July for drug possession and managed to escape while being taken to the bathroom for a shower. The police and correction departments are currently searching for him.
- New York prisoner uses sheets to escape from fifth floor of hospital, police say The Guardian US
- DOC searching for prisoner who escaped from Gramercy Park hospital CBS New York
- NYC escaped prisoner: Police seek man who used towels to scale down Grammercy Park hospital building WABC-TV
- Prisoner rappels from fifth floor of NYC hospital with tied-up bedsheets in daring escape New York Post
- ESCAPED PRISONER: Man flees Dept of Correction custody in NY 1010 WINS
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