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On Dec. 29, at approximately 4:35 a.m.,\"police responded to a 911 call for help at 308 Mott Street. Upon arrival the officers were informed that an individual heard a woman’s voice calling for help emanating from the rooftop of the location,\" according to a statement from Detective Annette Shelton at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information.

\"Members of the Emergency Service Unit responded and rescued aided by entering through a wall located on the third floor,\" Shelton said.

The woman had been trapped for \"about two hours,\" an NYPD spokesperson told ABC News.

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NYPD 9th Precinct/Twitter
PHOTO: Police in New York shared an image of the space between two buildings after a trapped woman was rescued after falling into the gap on Dec. 29, 2019.
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The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation.

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