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Video Shows Trooper Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass Video Shows Trooper Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass
Video Shows Trooper Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass A 39-year-old man contemplating a leap from a Route 78 overpass last week has a New Jersey State Trooper to thank for his life. Sitting on the guardrail, the man was yelling and emotional when Trooper Luckenson Noel arrived at the Ramsey Avenue overpass in Hillside around 6:30 p.m. March 2. "Get away from me," the man yelled. Noel listened, he stepped back. But he didn't stop talking. Knowing his words were a matter of life and death, Noel opened up to the man about how he lost his dad when he was young. Turns out, the suicidal man lost a parent of his own. In sharing his own life st…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WATCH: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video) WATCH: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video)
Watch: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video) A video shows the moments Newark police officers rescued a suicidal man from a Route 78 overpass. The officers responded to an area underneath overpass at Watson and Elizabeth avenues where the distraught man was found perched on the overpass ready to jump around 11:30 p.m. May 4, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The man can be heard in the 2-minute and 44-second video shouting he wanted to end his life because he was unemployed. A calm officer explains the department has services to help him find a job.  After nearly two minutes, he agrees, and officers help h…

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by Cecilia Levine