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Story summary
- The 16-year-old boy fell 50 feet into a shaft on the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge during a February 16 social media challenge.
- Eyewitnesses reported mass panic as emergency vehicles arrived around 9 p.m.
- The Fire Department used pulleys to rescue him.
- He was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he is stable.
- Social media accounts linked to the boy showed him and friends engaging in subway surfing, with posts deleted.
