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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 02:57 PM

7962 (11,841 posts)

Suicidal man was ready to jump. So 13 truckers parked under the bridge, Michigan cops say

Source: Miami Herald

Law enforcement and truckers in Michigan teamed up to save the life of a suicidal man.

Police first heard of a man standing on a bridge that goes over a Detroit freeway at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to Fox2. So officers quickly put a plan in action to stop him from doing it.

Lt. Mike Shaw, a Michigan State Police spokesman, told The Detroit News that his department blocked traffic on Interstate 696 and then asked truckers who had been stopped to head for the overpass.

Thirteen different trucks arrived at the scene and parked under the bridge to shorten the fall if the suicidal man decided to jump, police say. The man decided to willingly leave the bridge and police took him to a nearby hospital for evaluation, according to Fox2.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article209701619.html

IMO, more evidence of the common good inside most of us!

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Suicidal man was ready to jump. So 13 truckers parked under the bridge, Michigan cops say (Original post)	7962	Apr 2018	OP
Thank you for posting good news. . . . nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Apr 2018	#1
Nice story, thanks for posting. n/t	FSogol	Apr 2018	#2
They don't call truck drivers "Knights of the Road" for nothing!	Stonepounder	Apr 2018	#3
Sometimes...	gerryatwork	Apr 2018	#4
You are right!	Phentex	Apr 2018	#7
Yes, indeed. That's it.	gristy	Apr 2018	#16
Smart, kind, and beautiful	cp	Apr 2018	#5
Yeah! That was really good thinking - asking the truckers to step up	calimary	Apr 2018	#9
Where would we be if these gentlemen didn't move our necessities across the nation. Cheers Truckers!	AZ Jim	Apr 2018	#6
Kick and Recomend and Thank you!	Tribalceltic	Apr 2018	#8
Good on 'em.	TomSlick	Apr 2018	#10
I wonder if special nets for jumpers could be built in and deployed	Ilsa	Apr 2018	#11
Golden Gate, some others have them.	Mopar151	Apr 2018	#13
Thank you for that information. I've seen gates on bridges, even old ones.	Ilsa	Apr 2018	#14
I-75 thru Macon Ga has fences on all overpass bridges. But it wasnt for suicides.	7962	Apr 2018	#17
Wonderful story.	montana_hazeleyes	Apr 2018	#12
Yet most truckers voted for Trump	Le Gaucher	Apr 2018	#15
A bit of warmth and humanity to usher in the evening.	BobTheSubgenius	Apr 2018	#18
Plain old American citizens helping to save a life and assisting the police.	usaf-vet	Apr 2018	#19

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 02:59 PM

Bernardo de La Paz (46,732 posts)

1. Thank you for posting good news. . . . nt

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 03:14 PM

FSogol (45,020 posts)

2. Nice story, thanks for posting. n/t

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 03:36 PM

Stonepounder (4,033 posts)

3. They don't call truck drivers "Knights of the Road" for nothing!

And definitely good common sense on the part of the cops as well!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:22 PM

gerryatwork (62 posts)

4. Sometimes...

...all it takes is knowing that someone cares. It must have been life changing for man to see one by one the trucks lining up in both direction for the sole purpose of showing how important his life is.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:33 PM

Phentex (16,281 posts)

7. You are right!

In many of these instances, it just takes a few people who care to make a difference.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:58 PM

gristy (10,653 posts)

16. Yes, indeed. That's it.

I'm getting choked up here!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:29 PM

cp (6,060 posts)

5. Smart, kind, and beautiful

Thank you all Michigan State Police and all truckers! Big hearts!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:50 PM

calimary (78,105 posts)

9. Yeah! That was really good thinking - asking the truckers to step up

and use their trucks to shorten the would-be jumper's fall. VERY creative! And even just the gesture of doing so helped diffuse a potentially tragic situation.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:30 PM

AZ Jim (70 posts)

6. Where would we be if these gentlemen didn't move our necessities across the nation. Cheers Truckers!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:51 PM

Tribalceltic (1,000 posts)

8. Kick and Recomend and Thank you!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:31 PM

TomSlick (10,621 posts)

10. Good on 'em.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:07 PM

Ilsa (61,516 posts)

11. I wonder if special nets for jumpers could be built in and deployed

in places like bridges and overpasses?

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:24 PM

Mopar151 (9,721 posts)

13. Golden Gate, some others have them.

Determined jumpers can get past them, for one thing. Like most stuff - it's gotta have a whole program to go with it, and there ain't enough to do it everyplace. The Golden Gate has a suicide patrol...

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:29 PM

Ilsa (61,516 posts)

14. Thank you for that information. I've seen gates on bridges, even old ones.

But I don't remember ever seeing a net system or patrols.

So sad.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 10:37 PM

7962 (11,841 posts)

17. I-75 thru Macon Ga has fences on all overpass bridges. But it wasnt for suicides.

Too many instances of idiot criminals throwing shit off the bridges onto cars. 20-30 yrs ago they just started putting up fencing

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:12 PM

montana_hazeleyes (3,424 posts)

12. Wonderful story.

I started tearing up and when I saw the picture in the story started crying.

What a testament to the good humans can do when they work together.

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:16 PM

Le Gaucher (1,547 posts)

15. Yet most truckers voted for Trump

Sigh!!

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Tue Apr 24, 2018, 10:57 PM

BobTheSubgenius (11,437 posts)

18. A bit of warmth and humanity to usher in the evening.

I, for one, can really use it.

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Wed Apr 25, 2018, 10:57 AM

usaf-vet (5,561 posts)

19. Plain old American citizens helping to save a life and assisting the police.

Great story. Great results.

Thanks to the truck drivers.

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