A good Samaritan helped save a woman who was preparing to jump to her death in a subway station.
The suicidal young woman had climbed across beams above a train platform in the Broadway-Lafayette subway station in Manhattan's East Village about 3.30pm Saturday.
A young man followed her about 3m across, according to Daily Mail.
Some subway riders crowded around to watch, some called the police and others simply walked by.
Witness Michal Klein, 38, from Hoboken, New Jersey, had just gotten off a downtown D train on her way to a restaurant when she saw the two sitting on the beams about 6m above the platform.
Klein noticed the young woman looked upset and asked some of the people standing around what had happened.
"I couldn't really tell if they were laughing or if one person was crying," Klein told CBS New York.
"I wasn't sure. My first thought was: how did they get up there? I thought they were just goofing off."
In a caption to a picture she took and posted online, Klein wrote: "I found out one young girl climbed over railing saying suicidal things.
"A random young guy went after her to calm her down. Others called for help and apparently no one cared.
"People were on phones making 2nd [sic] attempts and finally cops showed up, but just cleared area [sic] and stood there."
At 4.20pm, police escorted the young woman from the subway station and brought her to an ambulance, New York Daily News reported.
"I don't know what I would've done. I don't think I would've climbed over to do that," Klein told CBS New York.
"He actually cared enough, whoever he was, to help her. A lot of people seemed to be like 'Oh, it's New York', and kept walking."
In her Facebook post, Klein added: "I hope she gets help she needs. And bravo to the young man for risking his own safety to help. Sending prayers."
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