"QUEENS, NY - Two teens have been arrested in connection with an incident on the Queensboro Bridge where a 16-year-old fell was left trapped after falling down a 50-foot-deep shaft. According to the NYPD, a 14-year-old has been charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing and a 15-year-old has been charged with criminal trespassing. According to the FDNY, firefighters found the boy in a shaft on the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge around 9 p.m. on Monday. The teen is believed to have gotten stuck after he allegedly planned to post his stunt on TikTok, police said."
"In a petition posted to Change.org, the family says 16-year-old Frankie was "abandoned and left to die during their worst and most traumatic moment of their life." The family is accusing the teen's friends of recording the incident and posting the video online instead of calling for help. "Instead of helping him, they left him there. They even took his phone and disposed of it, leaving him with no way to call for help. Frankie lay alone for over four hours, bleeding and exposed to the cold," the family wrote in the petition."
Two teenagers were arrested after a 16-year-old fell and became trapped in a 50-foot-deep shaft on the Queensboro Bridge. A 14-year-old faces reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing charges, and a 15-year-old faces criminal trespassing charges. Firefighters found the boy on the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge around 9 p.m. The boy is believed to have become stuck after allegedly attempting a stunt to post on TikTok. The family says friends recorded and posted the incident instead of calling for help and that the boy lay alone for over four hours. The injured teen faces surgeries, rehabilitation, and extensive medical bills. An investigation remains ongoing and another teen may be involved.
Read at Queens, NY Patch
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