“Officers pulled the man to safety at the risk of his life,” the Seattle Police Department said
Dramatic footage released by authorities shows officers pulling an injured man from the railway tracks seconds before the train passes.
In a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday, October 15, Seattle police shared footage of the event that took place on October 7 in downtown.
According to authorities, patrol officers responded at 9:16 p.m. to a 57-year-old man “experiencing a mental health crisis who was sitting on a ledge high above the train tracks” near the 2nd Avenue Exit and East Jackson Street.
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They added that “officers began talking to him in the hope that they could help him return to safety.” In the recording, the officer can be heard telling the man: “I want to help you and I want you to hear me when I say it.”
Shortly afterward, the man fell 25 feet onto rocks and suffered injuries near railroad tracks, authorities said.
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Police asked all arriving trains to stop due to the emergency, but one was already on its way, police said, adding that officers on the lower platform rushed to where the man was as a speeding train honking its horn approached.
As you can see in the video, the man was saved. “Officers dragged the man to safety at the risk of his life with just seconds to spare,” authorities wrote on Facebook.
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Seattle police said the injured man suffered multiple fractures, saying he was evaluated by the Seattle Fire Department and taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
The ministry’s Facebook post did not provide the name of the policeman who saved the man.
PEOPLE contacted Seattle Police on Thursday, October 17, for additional information.
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