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Video shows NYPD response to help stroke victim aboard cruise ship

NYPD's Special Ops team rescues stroke victim from cruise ship
NYPD's Special Ops team rescues stroke victim from cruise ship 00:19

NEW YORK -- Police have released video of a helicopter rescue at sea.

Over the weekend, members of the NYPD's Special Ops Quick Response team raced to a cruise ship 20 miles off the coast of Brooklyn.

A team member was lowered to bring up a man reportedly suffering a stroke.

The man was then flown to a local hospital for further treatment.

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