NYPD officer injured after falling from helicopter during training exercise in Queens
NEW YORK -- An NYPD officer was injured after falling from a helicopter during a training exercise Thursday.
It happened just after noon at the police academy in College Point.
Police say he fell about 20 feet, hurting his leg.
A source tells CBS2 a rope was not hooked up properly.
The officer was put back on the same helicopter and flown to a hospital. He is expected to be OK.
We're told the exercise involved the emergency services unit.
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