A dramatic encounter atop the Tobin Bridge last month ended with a man being brought to safety, thanks to the calm and compassionate approach of a Massachusetts State Police crisis negotiator.
Body camera video shows MSP Trooper Rassan Charles talking with a man in his 40s who was standing on a beam hundreds of feet above the Mystic River on a cold, windy night.
“I’ll do everything in my power to get you the help you need,” Charles told the man during the encounter. “You’ve been through so much. You’re still standing strong.”…