Crime & Safety
Woman Atop Manhattan Bridge Prompts Train Delays: Officials
The MTA temporarily suspended service on the bridge as police rescued a woman who said she wanted to jump, officials said.
BROOKLYN, NY — Police rescued a woman who said she wanted to jump off the Manhattan Bridge Tuesday morning, prompting a series of train delays, officials said.
The woman, in her 30s, got onto a ledge of the bridge that connects Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan shortly after 9 a.m., an NYPD spokesperson said.
Police officers eventually coaxed her off the bridge and took her to a nearby hospital, according to the NYPD.
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The MTA stopped running B, D, N and Q trains shortly before 10 a.m. — lines that all go between Brooklyn and Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge — so that police could do their work.
As of 10:30 a.m., the trains are running between the two boroughs again, but with delays, according to the MTA website.
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F, M and R trains might also be running with delays "while congestion clears," the transit agency said.
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