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Police save Piccadilly leap man with boxes
Danny Brierley
23.10.08
Saved: Man on a ledge above Piccadilly threatens to jump
This picture shows the moment when police helped save the life of a man threatening to jump from a building in Piccadilly Circus.
The man, in his thirties, was spotted on a window ledge above a shop at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue, at about 4am today.
Police kept him talking until a negotiator arrived. The officers then piled empty boxes underneath the ledge to break the man's fall.
An hour and a half of tense talks were brought to an end when the man slipped and fell. A witness said: "[The police] saved his life, he could've been hurt seriously if the boxes weren't there."
Police save Piccadilly leap man with boxes
Danny Brierley
23.10.08
Saved: Man on a ledge above Piccadilly threatens to jump
This picture shows the moment when police helped save the life of a man threatening to jump from a building in Piccadilly Circus.
The man, in his thirties, was spotted on a window ledge above a shop at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue, at about 4am today.
Police kept him talking until a negotiator arrived. The officers then piled empty boxes underneath the ledge to break the man's fall.
An hour and a half of tense talks were brought to an end when the man slipped and fell. A witness said: "[The police] saved his life, he could've been hurt seriously if the boxes weren't there."
