A first-year police officer is credited with saving the life of a 12-year-old girl who was intending to jump off a bridge in Pasadena, California.
The girl was clinging to a bridge when rookie cop Chris Perez saw her during a routine patrol.
“Possible jumper on the York Bridge. Can you notify Pasadena?” a dispatcher is heard saying over a police scanner, according to CBS News.
Perez saw the girl on a 6-inch ledge, ready to jump. If she missed a step, she would have plunged 80 feet to her death.
Then she allowed him to rescue her.
“I grabbed a hold of her arm, and I wrapped it around my neck and grabbed her body and bear hugged her and dragged her over,” Perez said.
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