{"id":364000,"date":"2026-10-04T04:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364000\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T04:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:14:12","slug":"i-promise-you-officers-plea-helps-stop-jump-attempt-on-williamsburg-bridge-nbc-new-york-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI promise you\u201d: Officer\u2019s plea helps stop jump attempt on Williamsburg bridge \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly-released bodycam video shows officers from the New York City Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit rescuing a man after he threatened to jump off the Williamsburg Bridge.<\/p>\n

The footage shows the man\u2019s leg dangling over the East River as officers worked to persuade him to come back from the edge on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

One officer is heard trying to reassure the man in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise you, tomorrow — if you come back up with me, tomorrow, you’ll wake up and you’ll be like, ‘Thank you. I’m so happy that I didn’t do this.'”<\/p>\n

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The unidentified officer continued, “How do I know that? You think this is the first time I’ve dealt with someone else?\u201d the officer said.<\/p>\n

The man ultimately took police officers’ advice and allowed them to rescue him.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old was taken into custody and then to a hospital for evaluation.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling or in emotional distress, call or text 988. You can also chat at 988lifeline.org 24\/7.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC New York. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC New York journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newly-released bodycam video shows officers from the New York City Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit rescuing a man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,103,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-364000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364000","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=364000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}