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Man Stopped From Jumping Off Highway Overpass In Yonkers: Police Man Stopped From Jumping Off Highway Overpass In Yonkers: Police
Man Stopped From Jumping Off Highway Overpass In Yonkers: Police Thanks to quick action from officers, a man in distress was prevented from jumping off a highway overpass in Westchester and brought to safety.  The incident happened on Thursday, Oct. 19 around 3:30 a.m., when Yonkers Police responded to a report of a man threatening to jump from the overpass over southbound Interstate 87 in the area of 521 Central Park Ave.  According to the department, arriving police found the man leaning against the overpass guardrail in apparent distress. Officers Michael Heath and Sandro Vazquez then tried talking with the man and urged him to step away from the edg…

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