w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
In my head, anyone would have done the same, some people did just walk past but then we were there for 40 odd minutes and only 15 of those were without uniform there and they could have seen other people were dealing with it so you can't blame them for not stopping. When I stopped there was only one other guy there and he was calling it in to the police, not engaging with her. So I went to try and talk with her.Crikey again. Good work w00hoo.
I don't think she wanted to jump, I think she was confused (and rather pissed) and it was a cry for help/attention, although without that she might have gone, or just stumbled over the parapet as there wasn't much room to walk there and she was agitated. Fourth person on scene was an off duty copper and he did all the hard work, including convincing her to allow herself to be dragged back over the barrier in return for the smoke she'd asked for. Also a woman turned up after me who did a lot of the talking and was able to get close to the jumper, and that made a huge difference.
It made a change anyway.