Who Is Mike Hotz? Metro Nashville Police Lieutenant Talks Man Down From Bridge, Hugs Him in Emotional Moment

‘You are loved’: US cop hugs man battling mental health crisis, talks him out of jumping off bridge

US News: A Metro Nashville police lieutenant is being credited with saving a man's life after talking him out of jumping from a bridge over the Cumberland Rive.

Man grateful for life after cop saved him from jumping off bridge shares his story

Gary Butler felt isolated, overwhelmed by depression, and out of options. This despair drove the 44-year-old to consider ending his life by jumping off a bridge over the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville.  Fortunately, a Metro officer, Lieutenant Mike Hotz, intervened and talked him down, saving his life.  Butler is now bravely sharing his experience...

Who is Mike Hotz? Metro Nashville police lieutenant talks man down from bridge, hugs him in emotional moment

Mike Hotz is being hailed for saving a man's life after a tense standoff on a bridge above the Cumberland River turned into an emotional moment.

Police officer’s extraordinary talk saves suicidal man from the brink of death * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

Source link Despite recent calls from some Democrats to defund local police departments, with some even calling law enforcement in general “white supremacist,” one officer in Nashville, Tennessee, is being hailed a selfless hero for talking a suicidal man away from the edge of a bridge from which he threatened to jump. Lt. Mike Holtz

Police officer’s extraordinary attempt to talk suicidal man back from the brink of death

Despite recent calls from some Democrats to defund local police departments, with some even calling law enforcement in general “white supremacist,” one officer in Nashville, Tennessee, is being hailed a selfless hero for talking a suicidal man away from the edge of a bridge from which he threatened to jump. Lt. Mike Holtz is seen...

Wesley J. Smith: We Should Try to Prevent All Suicides

NRO) – The Washington Post has a heartwarming story about a Nashville cop who dissuaded a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge: “It was emotional. This was an individual who had reached a level of frustration where he was having the worst day of his life,” Hotz said. “I just wanted to be able to develop trust with him and help him realize that tomorrow is another day and it will get better.” “It was a combination of life circumstances that hap…