A good Samaritan climbed across a girder to talk a suicidal straphanger out of jumping at an East Village subway station Saturday.
The man followed the troubled young woman about 10 feet out onto the beam about 20 feet above the platform and sat with her, trying to calm her down at the Broadway-Lafayette subway station at about 3:30 p.m.
“The only thing I overheard was the young girl saying nobody cares about her,” said Michal Klein, of Hoboken, N.J., who had just come off of a downtown D train and was headed to a burger joint.
Other subway riders crowded around and watched the drama unfold as the man gently talked to her.
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Witnesses told Klein, 38, that the woman climbed over a railing and crawled along the girder above the tracks. The man followed her the same way.
A man followed a woman about 10 feet out onto the beam over the Broadway-Lafayette train platform and sat with her to calm her down on Saturday afternoon. (Michal Klein via Twitter)
“It was just like a random person who went over to keep her calm,” Klein said.
Cops soon arrived and moved people away from the scene. At about 4:20 p.m., they escorted the distressed young woman from the station and brought her to an ambulance.
“I just hope that she gets help,” Klein said.
Imaginativeblerg on August 27th, 2017 at 14:37 UTC »
The best advice I ever read was 'try never to make a permanent decision based on a temporary situation'. Its hard when life seems so bleak but things do and will change.
holographicbiologist on August 27th, 2017 at 14:33 UTC »
This is wonderful. When you're feeling like that, then someone who doesn't even know you goes out of his or her way to attempt to understand and comfort you... It's really an inexplicable feeling.
TapSackman on August 27th, 2017 at 13:52 UTC »
I bet a lot of people have dissuaded someone from committing suicide by the most insignificant kind gesture. It's a good reason to be kind to everyone you interact with.