Hoboken Man's Life Saved By Glen Rock Police

HOBOKEN, NJ — Police in a Bergen County town were able to talk a crying Hoboken man out of harming himself last Tuesday, they say.

According to information from Glen Rock police reports, around 12:10 p.m., the department dispatched officers to the NJ Transit station near Harding Plaza in that town to investigate a report of a distraught male attempting to jump in front of a train.

Officer John Tarantino, assisted by officers James McGill and T.J. Graziani, was able to locate the man. Police say the man, 44, was "crying and pacing back and forth stating he wanted to" hurt himself.

According to police, "He recounted to officers that he was about to jump in front of a train. However, there were several children in the area, and he did not want to do so in front of them."

After about 20 minutes of speaking with the man, Tarantino "was able to de-escalate the tense situation and convince the subject, a 44-year-old Hoboken man, to seek psychiatric assistance," according to police.

Officers subsequently transported the man to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus.

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