2 Suicidal Men Found On George Washington Bridge: Police

Police took two suicidal men on the George Washington Bridge into custody Thursday morning.

Port Authority Police received a phone call from the Rutherford Police Department at 7:30 a.m. of a suicidal man on the bridge, said Joe Pentangelo, Port Authority Police spokesman.

After searching the bridge, police found a white man in his 50s wearing jeans and a New York Yankees T-shirt at 178th Street and Fort Washington at about 8 a.m., Pentangelo said.

The man was placed into police custody; emergency medical services responded and transported the man to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, authorities said.

Another man was found on the bridge’s south walkway mid-span at 11:30 a.m., staring over the railing for an extended period of time, Pentangelo said.

Port Authority Police interviewed the man and determined he was suicidal; he was placed into police custody and transported to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation, police said.

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