Crime & Justice

New York Prisoner Captured in New Jersey After Using Towels to Escape

FUGITIVE

Yenchun Chen, 44, allegedly scaled down the building from the fifth floor and landed on an A/C unit before hopping in a taxi.

Isabella Ramirez
Isabella Ramirez 

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A picture of Yenchun Chen, a 44-year-old prisoner who scaled down five floors of a New York City hospital with a DIY rope made of towels.
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