NYPD Detective Brian Glacken came to the rescue of distressed 25-year-old Natalia Ramos as she tried to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of a four-story building at Canal and Essex streets in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Natalia had lost her job and boyfriend in the same week and felt like she had nothing to live for. Detective Glacken, with the help of his partner Detective Madelyn McTague, were able to distract and creep behind Natalia in order to save her life.
Onlookers gasped and erupted in applause at the site of her rescue.
As Reported By New York Post:
A hero NYPD cop saved a suicidal woman from certain death yesterday, grabbing her as she leaped from a Lower East Side building and pulling her to safety in an incredible feat of strength.
The harrowing rescue of Natalia Ramos, 25, was a breathtaking finale to a wild scene where a crowd swelled on Essex Street as the distraught woman tearfully paced the roof and screamed at officers who set up a safety pad on the pavement below.
The high drama began at around 11 a.m. when cops found the hysterical woman standing on the roof of the four-story building and threatening to leap.
She was standing on top of the building for a while, maybe 30 minutes,” said witness David Grand, 32.
Ramos — who goes by her nickname “Telly” — told cops, “Everything has gone bad at once. I’m sorry. Tell my friend Rachel I’m sorry. Tell my mother I’m sorry. Tell Rachel to take care of my cats,” a police source said.
She even apologized for “wasting the taxpayer’s money,” the source said.
Ramos them inched closer to the edge of the building — at the corner of Canal Street — before sitting down and rocking her knee-high boots back and forth.
Down below, about two dozen onlookers quietly watched in fear, some covering their mouths like they were watching a horror film.
Others took pictures on their cellphones.
The cops feared she was about to jump when she began taking deep breaths — a telltale sign she was “ready to go,” the source said.
Ramos suddenly hurled herself off the side just as Emergency Service Unit Detective Brian Glacken got in position behind her and grabbed the woman in mid-air.
The weight of her wriggling body almost sent him plummeting, but Glacken’s partner, Detective Madelyn McTague, swiftly rushed in and yanked them back.
The crowd erupted in applause at the theatrics.
View some pics from the rescue in the next couple of pages!
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Natalia Ramos leaning off the side of a four-story building in LES.
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Natalia Ramos getting ready to jump.
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Detective Brian Glacken attempting to pull Natalia Ramos over the ledge.
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Natalia Ramos dangling off the side of a four-story building as Detective Glacken pulls her in.
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Natalia Ramos dangling off the side of a four-story building as Detective Glacken pulls her in.
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Natalia Ramos being yanked to safety by Detective’s Brian Glacken and partner Madelyn McTague.
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Natalia Ramos safe on the ground being escorted to an ambulance.
