An unidentified man threatened to jump off a building overlooking the Madame Tussauds wax museum near Times Square yesterday afternoon, but was talked down by the NYPD. 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues was closed by emergency responders while hundreds of onlookers gathered. After a negotiation process that lasted about three hours, the man was taken into custody unharmed for further physiological evaluation.
Pictures by Gareth Smit
An unidentified man threatens to jump off a building, but was talked down by the NYPD / Gareth Smit
Onlookers gather on 7th avenue as an unidentified man threatens to jump off a building.The man was talked down by the NYPD / Gareth Smit
Onlookers gather on 7th avenue as an unidentified man threatens to jump off a building. The man was talked down by the NYPD / Gareth Smit
NYPD officers stand in front of a giant inflated cushion deployed when an unidentified man threatened to jump off a building near Times Square / Gareth Smit
An unidentified man who threatened to jump off a building was taken into custody by the NYPD / Gareth Smit
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Well done, Gareth! Glad to see the news-hunting instincts still functioning well! 😉