Dramatic new video has been released showing the moment a quick-thinking police officer and a good Samaritan saved a sleeping man from certain death after he rolled off a bridge. In Oklahoma.
Heartbreaking footage captured by an Oklahoma City Police Department officer’s body cam shows the officer arriving at the scene to find the man lying on a concrete sidewalk in the morning sun around 9 a.m. Lying on his back. November 10 Passes over the bridge. Oklahoma River And the stockyards connect Main Street to Oklahoma City via Exchange Avenue.
The officer, identified as Officer Reyes, got out of his vehicle and walked toward the man, who was wearing a red hoodie and jeans.
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As the officer approaches, the man can be seen shaking his legs before suddenly turning to his right and sliding off the rail.
When Rais springs. In action And grabs the man’s hoodie as his feet dangle above the cool waters below.
A passing jogger arrives at the scene and helps Rais hold the man’s arm. The man can be heard moaning loudly as he hangs precariously from the bridge for a few seconds on the outside.
“Hey sir, let’s go,” Reyes can be heard saying as the Good Samaritan asks, “You okay? You okay?”
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Both the officer and the Good Samaritan dragged the man back to safety and onto the bridge safely. (OKCPD/TMX)
The two of them then drag her back over the rail to safety on the bridge.
gave Oklahoma City Police Department says a medical team examined the man and determined he was not injured.
Oklahoma City Police Msgt. Gary Knight told News 9 the guardrail is about a foot wide and has about a 30- to 40-foot drop to the water below.
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The man was lying on his back on the concrete track before rolling over. (OKCPD/TMX)
“This is one. A true hero Type something that you see an officer act on — save someone’s life with the help of a citizen,” Knight said.
The man assured police he had no intention of harming himself, and said he was just resting when he fell asleep. good weather, According to News9.
Police say Reyes gave her a ride back to her family and is not homeless.