Help is available to everyone, chief says after man s suicide along Tampa bridge
By FOX 13 News Staff
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TAMPA, Fla. - Police in Tampa say a person found burning and hanging from a Sulphur Springs bridge was suicidal, and they are urging the community to be especially sensitive about mental health this holiday season.
Wednesday afternoon, police responded to the Rowlett Park bridge after a call about a man on fire and hanging from the span. Officers and firefighters lowered him to the river and tried to save him, but the man was pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital.
Bystander video from the scene immediately spread across social media, with some commenters expressing concern that the man was the victim of a horrific crime.