Police officer saves teen's life with a bear hug on Burrard Bridge
Cont. Brad Mears, responding to a call of a distraught man climbing the bridge's suicide fencing, raced to the scene and was able to grab the man from behind and restrain him until help arrived
Author of the article: Gordon McIntyre
Publishing date: Apr 24, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read •
There was opposition when the suicide fencing went up on Burrard Bridge five years ago, but that fencing was what gave Const. Brad Mears time to get to a young man while he was still trying to climb the bridge to commit suicide. Photo by Jason Payne /PNG