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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