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3-HOUR STANDOFF: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks 3-HOUR STANDOFF: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks
3-hour Standoff: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks HEROES: Crisis negotiators got a troubled woman to safety after she threatened to jump onto the CSX railroad tracks from an overpass in Teaneck. Traffic and pedestrian traffic was stopped over the Grayson Place Bridge near Palisade Avenue after the woman was spotted outside the protective fence around 7:15 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The woman apparently was waiting for a train before jumping, one responder said. Township police alerted a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, which sent a crisis negotiation unit.  Train traffic was also halted as negotiators spoke with her. The standoff end…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold
High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold Fort Lee police and firefighters rescued two workers who were trapped Tuesday on a scaffold that dangled from the 12th floor of a high-rise atop the Palisades. One of the workers was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening following the 4 p.m. rescue at the Atrium Palace on Palisade Avenue overlooking the Hudson River, Police Capt. Edward Young said. The other declined medical attention, he said. A Fort Lee Ambulance squad responded with police and firefighters. O.S.H.A was contacted and was responding to investigate the cause of the mishap in tandem with the F…

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by Jerry DeMarco