Jumper On Brooklyn Bridge—Crowd Tells Him Not To Jump

Photographs by Daniel Albanese

A reader sends us these pictures from the Brooklyn Bridge and says, "Police are trying to talk him down. Crowd on bridge yelling for him not to jump." The jumper is at about mid-span.

Update: Looks like the police and crowd were successful: We hear that the man was talked down and is now in police custody.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 1, 2009 5:17 PM

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Clarice City

Wow. Is anyone else bothered by this Daniel Albanese person taking pictures of someone about to end their life? What an asshole.

JLRodP

I actually am bothered because its not a video about someone about to end their life.

Manitoba2

NYPD: "We're so glad you decided not to jump. Now, we're going to take you back to the police station, beat you senseless and put you in jail for 10-12 years on trumped up 'terrorism' charges and for wasting our time. Every life is precious!"

wow 14th street

No smug commentator here knows one day that they

will not be in the same situation.

I hope this sad man finds comfort to continue this life.

Armchair_warrior

damn attention whore, someone should of shove him over.

sexisicilian

Really, right on time for rush hour traffic, no consideration for others :)

rasputinsghost

Go new york

paulie

Sign #32421412353214 that the internet is crazy. This post.

S.D.

Glad it had a happy ending.

sexisicilian

Let him jump, maybe he thinks he is Superman:)

iamdmg

I guess he heard GMAIL was back up...whew.

diablofreak

ROFL!

but dell is still down!

Rocknrope

Goddammit, I just read on huffpost that male baby chicks are "instantaneously euthanized" by being ground up alive in a grinder.

This guy should jump, and the human race should follow him.

pipsy

I found that out in a food science class years ago and haven't touched poultry since. Nasty business.

jaycjay

Not eating poultry at all seems like an overreaction. When I found out, I just stopped eating ground baby chick burgers.

NannyState

But the nuggets are still good, right?

valeriob

shit shit don't jump dude!

Alex

I've always wondered about how frequent this is. The Brooklyn Bridge isn't nearly as high as the Golden Gate right? So it's much more likely you'll survive the fall.