A police officer belonging to the Chandler Police Department in Arizona saved a man attempting to jump off a bridge by offering to give him a hug.
“In the early evening of Thursday, March 28, 2019, a 26-year-old male climbed the protective railing of a pedestrian bridge that spans the Price Freeway with the intent to jump,” the Chandler Police Department said.
Officer Aaron Little was the first to arrive on the scene and started talking with the man.
“My first name is Aaron OK, everyone else calls me Ron, you want to call me Ron,” Little asked the man. Little repeatedly asked the man to climb back over the railing, saying he will give him a hug if he came back.
“I will give you that hug. Please come climb up over the fence buddy, please,” Little said.
Eventually, the man slowly climbed back onto the pedestrian bridge and Little followed through on his promise, “I’m not going to do anything to you. Just don’t grab my gun alright?”
“While this incident is extraordinary, the compassion Officer Little showed is a common occurrence with the men & women of the Chandler Police Department.,” the agency said.
