Posted on: February 08, 2025 12:00 AM

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FDNY firefighters rescue teen who was impaled by wrought iron fence in Queens

Firefighters jumped into action to rescue a teen boy’s life after he was impaled by a wrought iron fence while horsing around with a buddy in Queens Tuesday afternoon.

The 15-year-old’s leg was pierced by one spike when the FDNY reached the scene around 3 p.m. and began cutting around the low fence to free the teen and rush him to the hospital, officials said in a press conference.

Firefighter Jason Shoemaker took a bandsaw to three of the vertical bars and the top horizontal bar on Himrod Street in Ridgewood while keeping a part of the fence inside the boy’s leg to prevent further injury on the sidewalk.