If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Dramatic bodycam video shows the moment New York City police officers rescued a woman perched atop the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge above the East River on Wednesday.The NYPD said its Emergency Service Unit responded to the bridge around 7:38 p.m.to reports of a person in distress.BROOKLYN BRIDGE CATCHES FIRE AMID NYC FIREWORKS DISPLAY AS TRUMP HAILS IT IN DC SPEECHAn NYPD Emergency Service Unit officer reaches a woman perched atop the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge before pulling her to safety.
Newly released video shows officers climbing the bridge to reach the woman, whose feet dangled over the edge of one of the bridge's steel cables."I just wanna talk," one officer tells the woman."What’s happening today?"The officer continued speaking with the woman, urging her to accept help.EX-NFL PLAYER DOUG MARTIN'S FAMILY SUE OAKLAND POLICE, ALLEGE RESTRAINT ASPHYXIA IN FATAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISISNYPD Emergency Service Unit officers climbed the Brooklyn Bridge to rescue a woman after nearly an hour of negotiations, police said.
(NYPD)"I wanna help you, that’s why I’m up here right now," the officer said."I genuinely care, I do.
It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem, it really is.I don’t know what you’re going through, but I want to understand.
We have services we can get you to.""The strongest thing you can do right now is accept help, I promise you," he continued."That’s the strongest thing you can do."As the woman stood on the cable while holding onto another support cable with one arm, an officer moved close enough to wrap his arms around her and pull her to safety.SEE IT: ICE AGENTS PAUSE ARREST OPERATION TO SAVE WOMAN IN ROLLOVER CRASHBody camera footage shows NYPD officers rescuing a woman from atop the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(NYPD)"Don’t do it.Don’t do it, please.
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