Zaira Nara prevented a young man from throwing himself off a bridge: “It was very strong”

This morning, Zaira Nara told how she prevented a young man from throwing himself from a bridge on the Tigre Branch, along Tomkinson Avenue, where he spent the early hours of the morning, after going out to dinner. I was coming to eat and we crossed, my friend was driving concentrated and I tell her: ‘there is a boy who is crossing the suspension bridge’. The first thing I do is call 911, I tell the police what was happening and at the touch a car arrives – the only one that happened – where two boys were going, who brake because they see the same situation as us and start talking to the boy, “he said in an audio that he sent to About Us in the Morning (The Thirteen). I tell him ‘there’s a guy who is crossing the hanging bridge’. The first thing I do is call 911, I tell the police what was happening and at the touch a car passes – the only one that happened – where two boys were going, who brake and see the same situation as us. And they start talking to the boy. Minutes later, four patrol cars arrive, one by one, at the scene. Zaira and her friend park behind and go down. As the officers began talking to the young man to stop him from jumping, “my friend tells him: ‘If you throw yourself you are not going to kill yourself, you are going to hurt yourself’. Then he looks up, and he sees me and says ‘you are Ziara Nara’. I answer: ‘yes, I passed by and saw you and thought that you surely have family, surely someone is waiting for you at your house. Then we see how to solve your problem but surely it is not here, “he continued. The young man recognized her. “I saw her when I worked on TV…,” he said. There he loosened, connected. He tells me: ‘you’re right, beating flower I’m going to hit but I’m not going to die,” added Zaira, who in that situation, convinced him by asking him “why don’t you go down and we continue talking here because I swear it gives me tachycardia to see you there.” “Talking to him like this slowly, he walked grabbed the fence until he left the bridge he was on. It was very strong. It had never happened to me, to live a situation like this,” added the driver. Line 135 from Buenos Aires or by calling 011-5275-1135 or 0800-345-1435 from all over the country, provide free telephone assistance to people in crisis or at risk of suicide. If you are worried about someone or need accompaniment, you can ask for help. If you or someone you know is going through a situation where your mental health is at risk, you can call 0800 999 0091, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Original source in Spanish