Seattle cops pull man from tracks just in the nick of time
Heart-stopping footage captured the moment police officers saved a man who fell onto train tracks as a high-speed train barreled toward him in downtown Seattle .
Seattle police officers responded to reports last Monday of a 57-year-old man experiencing a “mental health crisis” while sitting on the ledge about 25 feet above a set of train tracks,After being encouraged to get off the ledge, the man accidentally slipped and fell onto the rocks below, suffering “serious injuries” that made him unable to move as a high-speed train rattled toward him.Officers then sprinted to the lower platform as the train rapidly approached.
Astonishing bodycam footage shows an officer grabbing the man by his shirt and pulling him out of the train tracks, narrowly avoiding the high-speed rail as it whips by.Israel's counter-strike against Iran is ready — and US officials are giving timeline for attackThe brave officer dragged the man’s limp body out of the tracks “with only seconds to spare,” the department said.
Footage from another officer’s body camera shows the man missed being struck by the train by only a few feet. Police said that while they were trying to talk the man out of jumping they requested inbound trains be stopped — but a train that could not be stopped was already headed their way.The video later shows first responders arriving to treat the man, who had suffered multiple fractures.Israel's counter-strike against Iran is ready — and US officials are giving timeline for attackConn.
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