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“Yo, call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!” a man’s voice cries out at the start of a stunning video taken moments after Thursday’s explosion on Second Avenue in the East Village.

An injured man lies on his back in the street, and another of the injured is on the sidewalk.

A young woman with a blond ponytail, dressed all in black, climbs onto her fire escape from a third-story window of 121 Second Ave. and stands there, screaming for help into a cellphone.

Hundreds of passers-by have gathered within minutes, as the first sounds of sirens ring out and a brave young man from the crowd scales the fire escape and helps the woman down to safety.



Video credit: Steven Koziol