A police officer who happened to stop at a Broadway traffic light as a woman struggled to keep her suicidal partner from leaping from a nearby building was able to race to the roof of the five-story apartment complex and help the woman lift the subject back to safety.
The Seattle Police Department reports the incident happened near Broadway and Jefferson just before 8:30 PM Wednesday:
At 2029 hours, an Officer was stopped at a traffic light at Broadway/Jefferson. She heard faint distant yelling and observed a citizen on the street look up towards the roof of the 5th floor apartment building and then look at her. The Officer looked up and saw an individual hanging from the ledge of the rooftop…