'Don't Jump': Cop Comes to Aid of Woman on Brooklyn Bridge

A New York police officer has been praised for risking his own life to come to the aid of a woman who climbed the Brooklyn Bridge during a personal crisis.

Bodycam footage dated March 6 shows two officers arriving, and shouting to the woman not to jump and to “Please, get down!” One officer, named as Lieut Kim, then begins to climb up to the woman, as his colleague warns him how slippery it is.

“We got you. Don’t do this,” Kim says to the woman.

“Despite the rain, cold and slippery conditions, [Kim] climbed the bridge letting her know she was not alone,” the NYPD said. Credit: NYPD via Storyful

Video transcript

- Don't do it! Get down, please! [INAUDIBLE]. Please get down!

- Yo.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- No.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Watch out. It's slippery. LT, it's slippery.

- I got it. Please don't do this. We got you. Don't do this. We're going to help you out. Don't jump. Don't jump. Trust me. No, no, we got you. We got you. My name is Lieutenant Kim, OK? I don't know what kind of trouble you're having, what kind of problem you're going through. We're going to help you out. Save your life. It's not worth it. Trust me. I got three kids, OK? I got three kids, right? I don't know how-- I don't know if you have a kid. I don't know if you're married or not. But it's not worth it. We care about you, OK?

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Don't do this. No, don't jump, no, no, no. [MUTED] don't jump. Please.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- We're going to help you out. We're going to help you out. Can you sit on it? Can you sit on it? [MUTED] sit, sit, sit, sit on it. Sit on it. Sit on it. Sit on it. OK.

- Just watch your step. It's not worth it.

- OK, good, good, [MUTED], we got you, OK? We got you [MUTED], OK?

[INTERPOSING VOICES]