Port Authority officers rescue fawn stranded on New Jersey cliff

Friday, June 2, 2017
FORT LEE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Two alert Port Authority police officers rescued a baby deer that had gotten separated from its mother and stranded on a cliff in New Jersey Friday morning.

Officers on duty on the George Washington Bridge walkway heard the fawn's cries around 10:30 a.m. and found it in the area of the south side of the Palisades Cliffs.
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Port Authority Officer Andrew Vignapiano retrieved the deer, while Officer Kevin Leonard secured the line from above.

The fawn was safely rescued and reunited with its mother at the scene.
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There were no injuries.

Port Authority police officers rescue stranded fawn
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