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By Joanna Putman
Police1
NEW YORK — NYPD officers have been credited with saving a woman’s life after they prevented her from jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge, newly released video from the NYPD shows.
Body camera video from the incident shows the woman had climbed the metal structure of the bridge and was standing on a beam about 15 feet above the roadway. An officer, now identified as Lt. Hak Kim, climbed the bridge, which was slippery from the rain, to get closer to the woman.
When a person experiencing a crisis climbed the Brooklyn Bridge, Lt. Kim from the @NYPD5Pct didn't hesitate to risk his own life to help her. Despite the rain, cold & slippery conditions, he climbed the bridge letting her know she was not alone.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) March 7, 2024
Watch the rescue⬇️ pic.twitter.com/x5e0MLsHTR
“Please don’t do this, we’re going to help you out,” Kim can be heard saying. “Trust me…we got you.”
By talking to the woman about his own family, Kim was able to convince her to share her name. Calling her by her name, he persuaded her to sit down where she was.
The video then shows the woman climbing down a ladder attached to an NYPD truck.