Watch Police Rescue Man From Manhattan Bridge Ledge

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Emergency responders rescued a man who threatened to jump off the Manhattan Bridge Thursday morning, according to police.

The rescuers rushed to the Manhattan Bridge around 7:20 a.m. Thursday morning after receiving a 911 call about a suicidal man on the lower level of the bridge, police said.

Video footage released by police shows an Emergency Services Unit standing on the unguarded ledge with the 29-year-old man as they try to convince him to come off the bridge.

Just as the man turns to address two officers to his right, two other officers rush up from behind and pin him to a nearby wall.

The man was removed from the Manhattan Bridge unharmed and taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, police said.

Police credited the rescue to four detectives from the Emergency Services Unit — Joseph Conway, Robert McGee, Ryan Norman and Michael Cook — and two police officers from the aviation division — Danny Edling and Royston Charles.

Photo and video courtesy of the NYPD.