A man who had been on a 10th floor ledge at 710 West End Avenue between 94th and 95th street was rescued on Thursday night around 7 p.m. as dozens of onlookers watched. One witness, A. Baier, said the rescue workers wrapped the man in an airbag and removed him from the scene. “Don’t know how they got him in [the airbag] but he was squirming to get out,” Baier told us. He captured the aftermath in the short video below.
Glad the dude on a ledge on 95th street did not jump to his death. Well, they got him in a body bag before he could. pic.twitter.com/I1qVAlucBI
— A. Baier (@ay_bear) April 7, 2016
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If you are thinking about harming yourself or attempting suicide please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Once again, KUDO’s to the NYPD or NYFD personnel who put their own lives at risk to save a life.
Memo to the Scott Walker-buffs and other anti-municipal-union types: THIS is just ONE example of what your tax dollars are buying!
p.s.: writer is NOT & NEVER WAS NYPD NOR NYFD !
^Emergency responders are not the same as the plain clothes bullies in “Anti crime” units ruining it for all of the other hard working and otherwise unproblematic officers., like Daniel Pantaleo for example.
Why post this video which show absolutely nothing? Thanks.
I know I’ll get a lot of flack for this comment, but, here goes.
As usual, a good job by the pros.
Question:
Why do these people who wish to die need to be rescued?
Don’t they have the right to act out their wishes?
And many times, the rescuers put their own lives on the line in order to “save” someone who’s had it with their life.
It’s not like they are sick in a hospital and wish to get well.
These folks just want to end it. Let them.
This was actually a girl with mental issues. She was not in the right frame of mind. She is recovering and hopefully happy that she got help. I am sure her family is as well. Thank you to all emergency responders.
I get where you’re coming from, but they need to be rescued because people who deal with suicidal ideation can recover from those thoughts and live happy lives. If I had jumped three years ago, I would’ve died sad, alone, and way before my time. But I didn’t jump, my overdose didn’t kill me, and neither did the cuts. At the time, did I wish they’d killed me? Yeah of course I did, I was pissed that I was saved. But it’s three years later and I’m alive and I’ve never been more grateful for anything.
Wow. Great job to the first responders. Thank you so much for saving a life.
This is to zeus: I think you raise a fair, but separate point on end-of-life decisions. Jumping poses huge risks for hurting other people.
To all who replied – thank you.
I know jumping is a risk to people below, but it’s not just jumping of buildings that I am speaking of.
How about from a bridge?
And I get it that in some cases, the ones saved go on to a better and healthier life, but – society takes it upon itself to decide that these people need to be saved, while in other cases, such as extreme poverty, homelessness, sever drug abuse, and of course, war, society takes a seat in the bleachers and watches the balls being hit to all fields, without doing much to aid, help, save, re-educate, etc.
Zeus-
There’s a great documentary called “The Bridge” that you should check out. Apparently folks jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge is such a problem that there are volunteers that do nothing but patrol the bridge every night and try to talk them down.
It doesn’t always work. It’s pretty controversial doc. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/jhIzXFsYZQc
I’m very glad that the person was captured before self-destruction! I flew out of my residence when an ambulance arrived because I thought it was someone returning. I was glad that all the city services arrived so quickly and apparently knew what they were doing. I could not watch the “event”