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Attleboro Cop Talks Suicidal 21-Year-Old Man Off Ledge

Matthew McDonald

A 32-year veteran of the Attleboro Police Department talked for about 45 minutes with a 21-year-old man intent on jumping from a 70-foot-high roof, eventually persuading the man to climb down a fire truck ladder instead.

The man had been taken by ambulance to a hospital near South Attleboro Square when he escaped from a gurney at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 14, eventually making his way to the roof of a Town Fair Tire, according to The Sun Chronicle, of Attleboro.

The Old Codger on Valentine’s Day
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The Old Codger on Valentine’s Day

The Old Codger

If there's one thing today's snowflakes need help with — hold on, now that I think about it, it's just about everything!But the latest thing I'm hearing all you young whippersnappers, people under age 67, and even some of you middle-agers, people under age 85, yammering on about this week, is this here St. Valentine's Day, and the big whoop de doo about how to go about loving and romancing.

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