Officers stop suicide attempt on bridge
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Roanoke County officers stop suicide attempt on parkway bridge
Michele Alderson, a Roanoke County police officer less than two years out of the police academy, began talking to the agitated man. She approached him slowly, but he moved over the railing, edging closer to a 160-foot drop into the rocky Roanoke River gorge below.
“I’ll be there in 20 seconds,” a fellow county police officer radioed.
“I’m not sure I’ll have 20 seconds,” responded Alderson.
