Posted on 08/06/2018 6:25:46 AM PDT by simpson96
There have been numerous sad instances of people jumping off of freeway overpasses to their deaths.(snip)
But one officer encountered a truly unique situation that could have easily claimed her life, too.
When 28-year-old Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo saw what looked like a teenager run off an overpass, she didn’t really have to think about what she was going to do next; she just acted.(snip)
The young officer could see the teenage boy lying on the concrete below, though the thing that she noticed most was the blood everywhere. The scene didn’t look promising.
“I wasn’t thinking too much,” Cavallo said, according to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News. “I just knew, when I looked down and saw him … he looked dead.”
“I couldn’t see anything other than blood. I thought to myself, ‘He needs help. I need to help him.'”(snip)
As soon as she saw what he was doing, she grabbed her first aid kit and launched herself after him. Somehow, the fall that incapacitated him did little to slow her down.
“Everything happened so fast and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high,” she said. “He just climbed up and jumped off.”(snip)
He was taken to the hospital, and while Cavallo is unsure of his current condition, she wishes him nothing but the best.(snip)
It took her some time for the magnitude of her death-defying leap to hit her. In the moment it seemed like the right thing to do, and somehow she walked away without major injuries.
“Friday, after this whole thing happened,” she said, “I went to work and worked to 11 p.m. I didn’t realize what was going on until yesterday. That’s when it hit me. I didn’t realize how high it was. It seemed doable. It didn’t seem that high.”
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Brave AND cute.
Good Lord. I know that parkway. And that is one crazy leap. This cop has an angel working overtime.
Laz?
And is an angel.
And certainly very not guilty
She has handcuffs.
What do YOU think I’d do?
She survives the fall, only to have Laz land on top of her?
LOL. I was sitting here coming up with something snarky re: Laz. You win.
Nothing I wouldn’t. Wait. Maybe a LOT I wouldn’t...
Rescue me!
Award? For making an ill-advised, poorly thought out, irrational decision? Nonsense. This was just plain stupid.
She's made six of these spur of the moment decisions in seven years, and she's survived all of them. I'd credit her with good instincts to match the good heart and other very positive attributes.
Thank God for street cops!
Another view, just in case further research is needed. She's as cute as she is brave.
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Protect and Serve.
Check and Check.
If that were my boy, this is the person I would want on the scene.
Is there any group of hardworking Americans that Elizabeth Warren hasn’t vilified?
The Boston Herald | 08-06-2018 | Herald Staff
Posted on 08/06/2018 6:28:05 AM PDT by calvincaspian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3676901/posts
[snip] our criminal justice system,” she railed. “It’s racist. It is. And when I say our system, I mean all the way. I mean front to back. This is not just sentencing reform we’re talking about here. We’re talking about the front end on what you declare to be illegal on how you enforce it, on who gets arrested. [/snip]
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