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I think I may have just helped save someone's life.
It's almost 2 am now. I was riding my bike like an hour ago on my way home and as I was in the middle of this bridge, me and this older nice guy who appeared to be homeless (not judging), ... we both saw this guy who was about to jump off the bridge. It was a bit dark and I couldn't figure out what was happening, but when we got closer we both saw this young man was ready to make that final decision and we quickly grabbed and pulled him to safety. As expected this younger guy... who appeared to be in his early 20's (Seemed to me like your normal 22-year-old college student)... well, he was rather emotional. Crying, frail and very upset. I immediately called 911 for help while this other guy was trying to talk and comfort the young man. Wanted to say something nice to him. Make him feel heard and understood, but the operator wanted me to stay on the line. And well, left after the officers had taken notes of my story.
Something kind of interesting that I saw happening twice is that this young guy may have shown a sign of wanting to feel a connection with another person at this precise moment. When we pulled him to safety and helped him sit down... his first reaction was to try to shake the older guy's hand. When the 6 officers arrived, his first instinct was to also shake one of the officers' hand.
One thing I do find kind of awful is what happened during my call. Such a waste of time. Called 911, the operator answers, I tell her we need an ambulance and the police and tell her what happened. She asks a few questions and then somewhat abruptly she tells me she is going to transfer my call. I was like wtf!. She transfers me and I wait like 4 minutes because of this recording telling me all operators are busy. Someone on the other end finally answers and have to repeat my entire story again with additional info. Not ideal imo. A lot could have happened during this time.
Luckily, the police department was just about 2-3 blocks and they got there in no time.
- Good! Hope the young guy do not give it to try again... and i would call again to 911 and tell them how useless the communication had beenOBBTKN
- lol srsly? Someone downvoted my comment?VectorMasked
- Glad you were there.notype
- You didn't just save his life, he probably has friends and family, nice work.slappy
- <3 Nicely done, Vector :)PonyBoy
- you should have pushed the guy. then, blogged here from the point of view of the homeless man.futurefood
- j/k!
good thing you were biking through vectorfuturefood