Prisoner rappels from fifth floor of NYC hospital with tied-up bedsheets in daring escape

[Kamaji]

Prisoner rappels from fifth floor of NYC hospital with tied-up bedsheets in daring escape

By Joe Marino and
Patrick Reilly   
August 9, 2023

A prisoner made a daring escape from a Manhattan hospital on Wednesday, rappelling down the side of the building with tied-up bedsheets before fleeing in a taxi cab, according to police and sources.

Yenchun Chen, 44, remained on the lam hours after breaking out of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy Park around 4:30 p.m. while in Department of Corrections custody, the NYPD said.

Chen, who was arrested on July 31 for criminal possession of a controlled substance, was hospitalized last Friday after experiencing a cardiac issue, according to a DOC spokesperson and sources.

Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a person in scrubs approached Chen and told him they were going to bring him into the shower, sources said.

Inside the shower, he tied up some sheets and used them to descend from the fifth-floor window to a roof below, the sources said.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/nyc-prisoner-escapes-mount-sinai-beth-israel-hospital-with-makeshift-rope/

[Kamaji]

Hulking prisoner who escaped by rappelling down NYC hospital wall using bed sheets still at large — a week later

By Amanda Woods and Natalie O'Neill
August 16, 2023

He’s still at large — and then some.

The hulking Spider-Man-like prisoner who escaped by rappelling down the side of a Manhattan hospital was still at large Wednesday — a week after he made a break for it, authorities confirmed.

Yenchun Chen, 44, has managed to dodge cops since his daring escape — in which he used knotted bedsheets to lower himself down Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy Park on the afternoon of Aug. 9, according to police.

Chen — who stands 6 feet 3 and weighs about 250 pounds — then hopped in a cab and took off.

He was tracked by cops to New Jersey the following day, and police searched several locations, to no avail.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/hulking-escaped-nyc-prisoner-still-at-large-a-week-later/

[PeteS in CA]

Pardon my stereotype invocation, but a stocky 6'3" Chinese guy would be pretty visually obtrusive.

[Kamaji]

Pardon my stereotype invocation, but a stocky 6'3" Chinese guy would be pretty visually obtrusive.

One would think so; but apparently, he's got "friends".