An NYPD officer in need of some serious assistance (after getting his finger stuck in the trunk of his police vehicle) got just that when some helpful citizens came to his aid.
The ordeal was caught on video and, just for you and you only, it's embedded at the bottom of the post.
The event took place on Sunday afternoon after the distressed officer (Brett Armstrong) got his middle finger stuck in his car. Armstrong and his partner had been loading up the trunk with a pedicab driver's belongings after that driver was arrested because his cab lacked seatbelts.
"While on duty in Lower Manhattan on Sunday evening, July 28, an officer assigned to Patrol Borough Manhattan South was loading items into the trunk of his patrol car when the lid came down on his right hand, trapping his middle finger," a spokesman for the NYPD said, per the New York Post.
After Armstrong called for help, a civilian came to his aid. The man got Armstrong's keys and opened the car's door. At first he accidentally popped the hood. The man then called out for help and a group of three more guys got the trunk open after Armstrong told them the release was "on the wheel." Armstrong says the whole thing took about three minutes. Also he wasn't seriously injured.
Check out a clip of the incident below:
Just another day in NYC. pic.twitter.com/WoKRVFBNUt
