PORT JERVIS—Two calls came in rapid progression to the Port Jervis Police Department on July 21. They alerted the authorities to a man who dangled one leg over the bridge railing about 35 feet above the Delaware River between Port Jervis and Matamoras.
One of the callers yelled out to the man from her car as she drove across the bridge. “Are you alright?” He said, “No.”
The supervisor on duty, Sgt. Kevin Moscatiello, had mostly younger officers on that shift. He felt there was one man on duty that day best suited for this situation: Officer Andrew Haniuk.
Port Jervis Police Officer Andrew Haniuk in Port Jervis, on July 28, 2016. Yvonne Marcotte/Epoch Times
