Youtube video shows officers rescuing suicide jumper from 13th floor of DTLA bldg 
Independent Video Captures LAPD Officers Rescuing Man from Suicide
Los Angeles. This video, posted on YouTube, shows LAPD officers from the Central Area, saving a 30-something year old man from committing suicide yesterday, July 28, at an apartment building at 111 W. 7th Street.
"The most amazing thing about this is the officers' commitment to saving this man in the face of danger to their own lives," said Lt. Paul Vernon, in charge of detectives for downtown. "What you don't see is the man actually biting the arm of Officer Rick Linton, who in spite of the pain and the insult, continues to hold on to the man."
The incident occurred around 6pm last night when the man,
distraught over a break up with his girlfriend, went to the roof edge on the 13 floor of the apartment building.
Eventually officers used their ingenuity and handcuffed the man to the grate, then brought in firefighters who cut the grate and removed it and the man.
The man was not arrested, but taken to the hospital for evaluation and placed on a 72-hour hold.
"What the public doesn't always realize or appreciate is, this is the kind of selfless acts their police officers perform daily," Lt. Vernon added.
Officer Rick Linton is assigned to the Gang Enforcement Unit at the Central Police Station. He has 4 years as an officer with LAPD.
The video was taken by an independent observer watching the rescue.
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzPBMCkofw
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