By O’Ryan Johnson and Stuart Cahill
The Boston Herald
BOSTON — Boston firefighters and the state police made a dramatic, high-altitude rescue last night when an apparently suicidal man jumped from the Tobin Bridge.
The man, whose name was not released, leapt from the upper deck of the bridge at 10:07 p.m. and landed on a sheet-metal platform underneath.
A Boston fire tower truck, MassPort fire, and state and city police responded to rescue the man, who lay conscious on the platform.
Firefighters lowered a rope and a basket used to transport bodies, strapped the man in and raised him. The rescue took about 30 minutes.
State police said the victim was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. His injuries were believed to be non-life-threatening.
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