{"id":361194,"date":"2026-09-30T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361194\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:58:07","slug":"nypd-rescues-teen-seated-on-edge-of-williamsburg-bridge-threatening-to-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361194\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD rescues teen seated on edge of Williamsburg Bridge, threatening to jump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teen perched precariously on the edge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dot\/html\/infrastructure\/williamsburg-bridge.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williamsburg Bridge<\/a>, threatening to jump, was hoisted off the span by police Wednesday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old man climbed down to a ledge beneath the roadway on the bridge\u2019s Brooklyn side around 12:49 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the NYPD\u2019s Emergency Services Unit descended the bridge\u2019s framework to meet the man, speaking to him for about an hour before pulling him to safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/inycentt\/status\/2105345409866498249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2105345409866498249%7Ctwgr%5Ebc0536da3fa60dfdea9529063cc50e1758f82206%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2026%2F09%2F30%2Fus-news%2F19-year-old-threatens-to-jump-off-williamsburg-bridge-before-nypd-hoists-him-to-safety%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video posted online<\/a> shows the man sitting on a beam at the bridge\u2019s edge, his feet dangling over the East River about 135 feet below, as two police officers climb down to meet him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/homehandgq95108\/status\/2105352948947505258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2105352948947505258%7Ctwgr%5Ebc0536da3fa60dfdea9529063cc50e1758f82206%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2026%2F09%2F30%2Fus-news%2F19-year-old-threatens-to-jump-off-williamsburg-bridge-before-nypd-hoists-him-to-safety%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">Another clip<\/a> shows the man surrounded by police after he was hoisted up to the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Medics took the man to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/bellevue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bellevue Hospital<\/a> for an evaluation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teen perched precariously on the edge of the Williamsburg Bridge, threatening to jump, was hoisted off the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,55,54,264,12,56,261,265],"class_list":["post-361194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}