HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Two Huntsville Police Department officers were awarded the department’s Life Saving Medal Thursday for rescuing a person from the Whitesburg Bridge earlier this year.
Officers Ryan Colligan and Jon Garner were recognized during a city council meeting for their quick thinking and teamwork.
According to the City of Huntsville, on June 13, officers responded to a report of a person threatening to jump. Deputies from Madison and Morgan counties also assisted. The individual was straddling the northbound wall of the bridge and appeared to be in crisis…