Posted on 04/24/2018 2:00:15 PM PDT by mowowie
The Michigan State Police organized a unique way to help a man who was threatening suicide on a highway overpass: they pulled together multiple semi truck drivers to help shorten the fall.
Tuesday morning, all lanes of 696 were closed at Coolidge in both directions as a man threatened suicide.
The first call came in a little before 1 a.m. on Tuesday as the unnamed man was on the bridge over the highway. The eastbound lanes were closed as MSP started organizing semi-truck passing through.
A few minutes later, the westbound lanes were also closed as more semis showed up to cross the highway. All told, 13 semi trucks were parked under the overpass to shorten the distance he would fall, if he were to have jumped.
Thankfully, the man did not jump and the situation ended as the man walked off the bridge. He was taken by Huntington Woods Police to Beaumont hospital for evaluation.
MSP, Huntington Woods and Oak Park police were all on scene and all had negotiators talking to the man for several hours until it ended peacefully.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox2detroit.com ...
Yeah, talk to Vessel Traffic about that, I already know what they’d say.
Those truckers better be ready for the call from cops, when democrats all over the country fail go gain ground in congressional and senatorial races. The liberal lunatics will be jumping off bridges and tall buildings all over the country.
I will be even worse in 2020, when Trump wins another 4 years. Not enough trucks to meed the demand then.
Being Earth Day last Sunday, I was dreaming of getting on a bridge (half dressed and sweaty) with a tank of Freon, and threatening to open the valve, and having people (especially environmentalists) yelling DON’T DO IT!!!! DON’T OPEN IT!!!! STOP!!!! And then, finally, I open it, and show them that the planet still survives.
Awesome work by both to help save a life. My 18 year old son gets his CDL this week and will join their ranks.
God bless those knights of the road! :-)
People in this world give such grace, at times, it brings tears to my eyes.
In the midst of all, there is kindness and grace.
the best of God shines through...
Yep. God Bless the truckers who took time out of their busy schedules to help.
great!
Michigan (Outside Detroit City of course) is very beautiful and that descriptive includes so many of its people, too.
Most of America doesn’t realize that most of Michigan is “midwest with lakes” ... far far far more desirable (and civilized) than many of the news reports out of Detroit City (which is a DNC disaster zone, like Chicago)
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