It was my first instinct because my brother had jumped off a bridge in Longton. For emergencies, dial 911."I knew he was going to jump and I had to do something quickly. The 24-hour crisis hotline/listening line for the Samaritans is 40 or 80. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or Newport Mental Health at 40. The Middletown fire boat brought the victim to Perrotti Park in Newport, where it was met by Newport police and State Police, which took responsibility for the investigation. The Navy Fire Department was notified of the search taking place in their waters, Donnelly said. The tide was coming into the bay so the most likely search areas were north of the bridge heading toward Naval Station Newport. The Newport Fire Department set up a command vehicle on Van Zandt Pier but relocated to the Coast Guard Station at Castle Hill because of heavy fog, Donnelly said. and took control of the search,” Donnelly said. “Coast Guard Cutter 45 arrived under center span at 1:02 p.m. The state Department of Environmental Management sent out its vessel and the Coast Guard sent two cutters. Fire boats from Portsmouth, North Kingstown, Cranston and East Providence responded in addition to Middletown, he said. They contacted Metro Control, which coordinates all marine assets on the bay, he said. The Newport Fire department immediately dispatched Marine 6, the fire boat docked at Perrotti Park, with seven firefighters onboard, just minutes after the calls came in, Donnelly said. It wasn’t a rescue operation at that point, not after the victim had been two hours in the water.” “When the victim was retrieved, there were signs on the body that were incompatible with life. ![]() “At 2:44 p.m., Middletown’s Marine 1 reported locating the victim just west of Bishop’s Rock, which is a jetty on the Navy Base with a rock on it at the very end,” Donnelly said. More: Since 2010, there have been more than two dozen suicide deaths on Newport County bridges.Īt 12:47 p.m., the Newport Fire Department received multiple calls someone had jumped from the bridge, said Newport Deputy Fire Chief Harp Donnelly. “The Newport Fire Department and Coast Guard did a tremendous job in finding him so quickly,” he said. She was very upset and saying, 'The way the house is set up and things taken care of, we’re expecting him to walk through the door any moment.’" “It’s heartbreaking - I just spoke with his mom,” Cunningham said. “The witness stepped out his car and yelled, ‘Stop, don’t do that,’ and didn’t even finish his sentence before the young man jumped. “He had already gotten out, started to walk in front of his car, and was getting close to the side,” Cunningham said. Another car pulled up behind the stopped car immediately. There was a very heavy fog on the bridge when the man stopped on the eastbound lane toward Newport and got out of his car, said State Police Sgt. More: Lawmakers want barriers erected on three Newport County bridges to deter suicide attempts ![]() It is the newspaper’s policy not to release the names of bridge suicide victims. ![]() The matter is still under investigation and the name was not released by State Police on Saturday. ![]() NEWPORT - The body of a 30-year-old New Jersey man who jumped from the center span of the Newport Pell Bridge shortly after noon on Friday was recovered by Middletown firefighters in their Marine 1 fire boat about two hours later.
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