original footage on X here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\u201cYou ok?\u201d the officer says to the woman on the bridge. \u201cMy name\u2019s Chris, what\u2019s your name?\u201d<\/p>\n
He was one of nine officers on the bridge\u2019s cables at that point.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to talk. I want to help you. That\u2019s why I am up here right now. I genuinely care, I do. It\u2019s a permanent situation to a temporary problem. I don\u2019t know what you are going through but I want to understand. We have services we can get you to. The strongest thing you can do right now is get help.\u201d<\/p>\n
At one moment he begs her, \u201cDon\u2019t do it, please,\u201d just before he grabs her around the waist.<\/p>\n
The incident started at approximately 6:30p, when police responded to multiple 911 calls for help on the Brooklyn Bridge. Upon arrival, officers observed a 31-year-old woman on an elevated area of the Brooklyn Bridge. Members of the NYPD\u2019s Emergency Service Unit climbed the bridge, engaged her in dialogue and safely removed her from the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor nearly an hour, they stayed with her, spoke with her, and waited for the moment they could safely pull her back from the edge,\u201d Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X. \u201cThe care, courage, and compassion these officers showed was just extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n
EMS transported the woman to an area hospital for evaluation. There were no injuries reported. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
If you are in crisis, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, now active across the United States, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.<\/p>\n
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