Women Save Man Ready To Jump Off Of Overpass

Two women saved a man’s life who was ready to jump off of an overpass into busy freeway traffic in Los Angeles. They were on their way to dinner with their husbands, but when they saw the man looking like he was about to jump, they knew they needed to step in and help.

The women, Toni Musso and Jen Principe, called 911, but before rescuers got there, they took it into their own hands to save the troubled man.

“I just begged him, ‘Please don’t do this,’” said Toni. “The first thing I said was ‘We love you. Please don’t jump,’” explains Jen.

When the women approached the man on the overpass, he was standing outside the fence with the rushing freeway traffic below him. The only thing between them was the thin fence, and they knew that they had to somehow help him walk off the overpass, away from harm.

“I just grabbed his hands; I had his hands through here,” shared Toni as she was pointing to the overpass fence. “And then slowly, I just said, ‘Keep looking at me, keep focused on my eyes.’ And I just started walking with him slowly back to safety.”

Once the police got there, they let the women continue what they were doing without interruption. Toni and Jen knew that they were connecting with the man and helping him to safety, so they asked the police to not intervene. The police gave them the space they needed to work.

Jen says that the reason why she was so inclined to help this man was because of a story on CNN that she just watched two days prior. It was about a man, Kevin Hynes, who survived jumping off the Golden Gate bridge in 2000. His story reminded her how important it is to step in when you see something off.

“Had I not heard Kevin’s story, I probably would have driven under the bridge, called 911, and went about my business,” explains Jen.

Thank goodness that Jen and Toni did step in! Because of their actions, they were able to save a man’s life, show him that he is loved, and encourage him to not give up hope.