New York prisoner uses sheets to escape from fifth floor of hospital, police say
by Associated Press from on (#6DQPY)
Man, 44, still at large after tying sheets together and lowering himself to ground from Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan
A prisoner receiving medical treatment escaped from a New York City hospital by tying sheets together, rappelling from a fifth-floor window and hailing a taxi, police said.
The 44-year-old man escaped from Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan shortly after 4.30pm on Wednesday and was still at large Thursday, a police spokesperson said.
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