Tugboat worker loses arm in accident near Statue of Liberty, NYPD says

A tugboat worker was rescued by the NYPD Harbor Unit Thursday night after part of his arm was severed by one of the boat’s ropes, police said.

The 27-year-old man was on a tugboat about a half-mile south of the Statue of Liberty at about 9 p.m. when his arm got caught in the line that was helping move another vessel, cops said.

The line sliced through his left arm just below the elbow, police said.

The part of his arm that was disconnected fell into the water and has not been found, they said.

Three officers in the NYPD Harbor Unit responded and quickly applied a tourniquet to the man.

They then got the victim to Brooklyn Army Terminal where he was transported to Lutheran Hospital. He was conscious and alert, police said.