NYPD Rescue Jumper From Brooklyn Bridge

NYPD officers donned harnesses and climbed cables stretching up to the 270-foot tower of the Brooklyn Bridge to rescue a man threatening to jump on Saturday.

At 2:50 p.m. members of the New York City Police Department's Emergency Services Unit responded to a call that there was a man threatening to jump from the Manhattan Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, cops said.

Detectives Keith Connelly and Gregory Welch were reportedly the first officers to arrive at the scene and immediately donned harnesses before walking support cables to the top of the bridge. There, they were joined by Sergeant John Flynn, before engaging the individual, according to police reports.

After speaking with the "jumper" for over an hour, officers "were able to ascertain the man's concerns and issues" and subsequently convinced him that they would help him receive the help he sought, cops said.

The man was described as a a black 52-year-old. No name was released as of Saturday evening. 

After creeping off the edge of the tower, Emergency Service Officers assisted the man down the support cables to where an ambulance waited below. He was then taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, cops said.