Hero NYPD co-pilot 'fortunate' to fly craft
Photo credit: NYPD | NYPD video showing Detective Robert Brager being lifted from the deck of the Grey Shark so that he could continue to monitor the patient on board the helicopter while en route to the hospital. (Jan. 29, 2013)
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Raw video: NYPD air rescue
NYPD Sgt. John O'Hara was co-pilot in a helicopter that made the dramatic rescue of a stricken cargo ship crewman on Tuesday night in New York Harbor, plucking the heart attack victim from the vessel so that he could get lifesaving treatment. A video of the mission made it seem easy.
But there was a brief time when it was doubtful that O'Hara would be able to fly, let alone save lives.
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