Police Rescue Shirtless Man Threatening to Leap From Broadway Bridge: NYPD

UPDATE: #ESU safely placed the Broadway Bridge Jumper/EDP into custody without incident. Great job by all involved pic.twitter.com/UuNggW5VLz

— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) September 4, 2015

MARBLE HILL — The NYPD rescued an emotionally-disturbed man threatening to leap from the Broadway Bridge Friday afternoon, police said.

The NYPD Special Operations unit tweeted out photos of the shirtless man clinging to the bridge, which connects Manhattan and The Bronx, just before 12:30 p.m.

Emergency Service Unit officers rescued him and took him into custody without incident about 30 minutes later, the NYPD said.

NOW: #ESU actively engaged with an EDP Jumper on the Broadway Bridge @NYPD50Pct #Aviation #Harbor #SCUBA #HNT pic.twitter.com/t4RMgwY8Dx

— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) September 4, 2015

The NYPD’s Harbor Unit had been in place.