Wednesday, May 1, 2013

FDNY Conducting Roosevelt Island Tram Rescue Drills Today - Cool Cats Rappelling 20 Stories Over East River

From the Roosevelt Island Twitterverse:



The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) issued the following advisory explaining what is happeing:
Please be advised the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) will be conducting a training session on one Tram cabin on Wednesday, May 1st, from 10 AM to 2 PM.

As part of the training exercise, FDNY personnel may be climbing on top of or rappelling from a suspended Tram cabin.

Tram service will not be disrupted.

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group
More on Roosevelt Island Tram Rescue Drill, including video from previous posts.