2nd Good Samaritan ID'd Who Helped Bridge-Jumping Boy

HASTING-ON-HUDSON, NY — There were two people who helped a young boy who jumped off an overpass Aug. 3 on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. One of them was Hastings-on-Hudson Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo, who parked her car, grabbed medical items and followed the child off the overpass.

Until now, the other person, described as a woman wearing a military uniform, had not been identified.

Nicole McKenzie is the woman’s name, the Journal News said, and she was on her way home from Yonkers, where she is a specialist in the New York Army National Guard.

McKenzie said she saw a commotion going on and pulled over and sprang into action.

Cavallo and McKenzie worked together to get the boy onto his back and started to attend to his injuries.

For more on this story, read the Journal News article here.

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