According to the Washington State Patrol one of their sergeants helped rescue a distraught teenager from serious injury on the morning of June 28 on the 1st Ave. Bridge in Seattle. Mmultiple phone calls had come in to WSP dispatch regarding a young female, standing on the bridge.

Luckily Sgt. Dan Hefton, a supervisor of the District 2 (King County) motorcycle unit, happened to be under the bridge at the time of the call.

Sgt. Hefton arrived at the scene and spoke to the young lady whom Hefton described as "upset and confused."
When arriving, I didn’t know whether she was going to jump off the bridge or jump into traffic.”

The sergeant put his hand out and asked the pedestrian if she was “OK.” She immediately embraced him and they walked off the bridge to an accompanying patrol car where she took shelter.

WSP said that it looks like she was suffering from a panic attack, which caused her to become upset. She was later transported and released to a friend.