Beverly Cops Rescue Bridge Jumper From Water

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly police acted quickly on Monday responding to the area of the Veteran's Memorial Bridge on a report of a jumper who was already in the water.

The caller directed the cops to the Harbormaster's building where a man was holding the jumper, a 46-year-old Beverly woman, by the arm, still in the water and several feet below the top of the dock, police said in a press release.

Officers threw a rope around the woman intent on pulling her to safety. She was uncooperative, police say, and made "trying to lift her out of the water impossible."

Police then found a small boat in attempt to rescue her, but before they got to her, Beverly police and the man holding the woman were able to hoist her up.

The woman was suffering from from extreme hypothermia and a "significant laceration" on her right arm. She was transferred to Beverly Hospital.

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