“Thank God they were at the right place at the right time,” said police Chief Jerry Dyer in Fresno, California.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A youth volleyball team in California helped save a woman dangling from a bridge, who the players came upon during practice, preventing a possible suicide, the team said Sunday.Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer confirmed the team’s account, calling the members"true heroes.
The woman, who Dyer confirmed was 47, had at first waved at the players, said 12-year-old Branden Ezell. “We're walking up and she waves at us so we wave back and by the time we looked away and then look back, she's already hanging off — like full-on hanging off, just one arm holding her up,” Ezell recalled.“I said immediately go back up and get her attention,” he recalled. “Tell her her life matters. And do not stop.
As the woman struggled to hang on, two police helicopters buzzed overhead, Murray said. More police arrived beneath the bridge.Murray said this lasted for 10 minutes, until eventually the woman hoisted herself back onto the bridge. “That lady was probably a mother and she's seeing all those kids tell her that your life matters, do not do this and chanting and screaming," he said."That that gave her enough to change her motivation of wanting to kill herself."Chris Young is a field producer for NBC News.
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