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Toronto Police are being lauded by Mayor John Tory for their “strength, professionalism and compassion” after a harrowing rescue at the Roehampton Hotel on Thursday morning.
Chief James Ramer tweeted dramatic video footage of the “person in crisis” call, which officers responded to shortly after 6 a.m.
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The nearly two-minute video clip shows a man hanging out of an eighth-floor window being held by onsite security at the midtown hotel located at Mount Pleasant Rd. and Eglinton Ave. E..
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Heart-pounding video footage is circulating today of police rescuing a distressed man dangling from the side of a high-rise building in midtown Toronto.
The building in question appears to be the old Roehampton Hotel at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton. Now called the Roehampton Residence, it was transformed by the City of Toronto last year into a temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
Police from TPS 53 Division attended the scene early Thursday morning after it was reported that a man was hanging out of an eighth-floor window.