North Carolina Officer Saves A Suicidal Man With The Hug Of A Lifetime

Raleigh Police Officer Dan Hicks was on his way home from a long day at work when he noticed a man sitting on the ledge of an overpass. Hicks parked his vehicle, talked to the man and managed to get him off the ledge.

And then the man got a hug. Not just any hug, “He got a big old Dan Hicks bear hug whether he wanted it or not,” Hicks told WRAL.

Watch the video below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKMUnsk5l4

This story is a great reminder that there is help for people in mental distress,” the police department wrote on their Facebook page.

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