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In LaPorte Indiana, a pair of police officers are being recognized as life-saving heroes after they rescued a suicidal woman who was just a hand’s breadth from perishing.
Ryan Helmecy and Taylor Atkinson arrived at the I-35 overpass in northwest Indiana where a woman was threatening to jump. The bridge over a series of railroad tracks was flanked by sidewalks and a chain link fence.
As Atkinson and Helmecy arrived, the woman was already making her way down the other side of the fence, at which point the two men began begging her not to jump.
When it was clear she wasn’t stopping, Helmecy sprinted over to the fence, mounted it, and grabbed the woman’s hand.
Then she let go.
With nothing but air separating her feet from a 30-foot drop onto loose rock and steel tracks, Atkinson arrived seconds later and grabbed her other arm.
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Ryan Helmecy and Taylor Atkinson arrived at the I-35 overpass in northwest Indiana where a woman was threatening to jump. The bridge over a series of railroad tracks was flanked by sidewalks and a chain link fence.
As Atkinson and Helmecy arrived, the woman was already making her way down the other side of the fence, at which point the two men began begging her not to jump.
When it was clear she wasn’t stopping, Helmecy sprinted over to the fence, mounted it, and grabbed the woman’s hand.
Then she let go.
With nothing but air separating her feet from a 30-foot drop onto loose rock and steel tracks, Atkinson arrived seconds later and grabbed her other arm.
Continued below.
Cops Jump a Fence to Catch Suicidal Woman's Arms Just in Time on Indiana Overpass
The two men were honored with special commendations, and an occasionally-used moniker "Spiderman" for their comic-book rescue.
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