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Several members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit converged on a railing above a ledge where the woman had perched herself on the Washington Heights side of the bridge's eastbound lanes around 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20.
Responders said she had a knife.
The officers "were able to successfully engage the individual in conversation before rescuing her from the ledge" about 90 minutes later, NYPD Special Operations reported.
The bridge was reopened and the woman was taken to an area hospital for a psychological evaluation around 3:30 p.m.
Delays of up to a half-hour continued for the next couple of hours.
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