On September 10, 2014 at approximately 7:31 p.m., NYPD officers assigned to the Brooklyn Bridge were alerted to a suicidal female perched mid-span on a crossbeam above the Brooklyn-bound vehicular roadway. Police Officer Donnell Graves, assigned to the bridges footpath, rode a marked police scooter to the location and quickly found a 14-year-old female high on a beam above the outer portion of the road, and attempted to establish a dialogue. Police Officer Philip Hirsh, assigned to the bridges roadway, responded in a marked police car, which he stopped in the middle of the bridge prior to scaling a support structure in order to get close enough to the despondent teen for voice contact. The girl, whose back was to the officers as she faced the water, looking down, was convinced to turn toward police and sit on the support beam. As Officer Graves continued speaking with the crying teen, he steadily approached and soon began guiding her back toward the pedestrian walkway. When almost there, the distraught girl stopped walking on her own and ordered the officer to: Let me go, let me go. With that, Officer Graves grabbed the teen around her waist, turned her body, and quickly passed her down to other officers on the walkway below. EMS also responded to the location and transported the teenager to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation. No other injuries were reported. Photo Credit: NYPD DCPI
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:02:07 +0000
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