r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/Canyobeatit 1d ago

So what happens to the guy now? Prison or something?

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u/McWeaksauce91 1d ago

In America, you would go to a hospital for 24-48 hours and be evaluated.

Some of these people are chronically mentally unwell and this helps them get back on the right track as far as getting back in treatment (that doesn’t make it any less difficult)

Other people go back to their lives but now are getting some type of routine psychiatric attention.

I worked in addiction recovery for many many years and some of our patients unfortunately started off in situations like this

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u/Drive7hru 1d ago

24-72, I believe.