Deepizzaguy
It is a shame that the powers that be that run the national news show on television use the end of their newscasts to share these kinds of stories of the great work that the police do to save the life of a man who had intentions of ending his life by jumping off of the Sunshine Parkway Bridge which is located in Tampa Florida.
The name of the man who was suffering from a severe case of depression was ready to take his own his life by standing near the ledge of the bridge when Florida Highway Patrol Officers Sergeant Steve Gaskins and his partner Tabarie Sullivan answered the call of duty to make an attempt to save the man whose name was not released to the public from taking the plunge from the bridge to the water below.
Sergeant Gaskins was the officer who was closest to the man who attempted to end his life when his partner Officer Sullivan used the power of talking the man who wanted to end his life by talking to him that suicide is not the answer to tackle challenges in our lifetime.
It is very evident that Officer Sullivan was able to change the heart and mind of the man who wanted to end his life as the man who wanted to take his own life managed to get his feet onto the road near the ledge when Officer Sullivan managed to tackle the man while his partner managed to pin the man to the ground until medical help arrived.
The man who was saved from taking his own life was taken to a local hospital to be treated for his mental depression that hopefully he will be able to turn his life around from gloom and doom to happiness finding a purpose in his life at last.
The Florida Highway Patrol will be getting some good likes when this story makes it to the social media sites since the internet is one way to get out the good news of the world today than relying on the national news media to share some good news.
That is a very good slogan you grandfather advised you. I use it myself. Or one my catch phrases I use is “This is something out of focus here.”
This officer should be awarded for what he did. What a challenge as you never know the mind of someone who is thinking suicide.
By the way, I agree with you that the media should take a lot of the blame for our issues in the country.
I am sure that the two officers will be rewarded by their superiors in a public ceremony later on in the year.
Positive story! Love that there are stories about the police doing the right thing. They are often painted as not doing the right thing in the media!
I would love to see metrics on this, but not suggesting you generate them…
Thank you for the comments.
I suspect that is fairly easy – bad police stories are national news. The good ones are local or regional news.
IMHO of course
Garrison Keilor did a great song right after 9/11 talking about the fire professional that ran into the two towers.
“They were shouting keep going down”
as they continued to run up.
Thank you for the comments about the heroes who tried to assist the people in need during 9-11.
I used to trust the media to tell me the truth
It is a shame that the agenda of the media is try to start a race war since it keeps them in business.
Well, I respect your right to have an opinion, that kind of statement is dangerous at best. First, it isn’t possible to prove. Second, the reality of the ism revolution makes statements like this socially unacceptable.
The media is not to blame for the issues in our country.
Leadership is not to blame for the problems in our country.
We are to blame, the American People.
That is so true since we allow the powers that be to hoodwink us.
🙂
Fool me once shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on Me!
My grandfather used to say that one to me all the time. It is so true!