Guy setting on tall overpass in Ft. Worth

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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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Did anyone else see the wanna be jumper yesterday?

My wife and I saw the guy setting on the guard rail of one of the tall I-20/I-35 overpasses with his legs hanging off so she called it in. It had aleady been reported but the police hadn't shown up at that point. That was around 4:30 and the guy apparently stayed up there until almost 7:30.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 11:39 AM
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I could of killed that sorry sob. Had the freeway backed up past downtown and this went on for hours. Traffic was so bad everyone thought someone had died in a car crash and after hours of waiting it turns out to be a guy sitting on a bridge
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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Should have just let him jump... 35 was CRAZY bad. I'm glad I was on 20
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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SHoulda yelled out at him, JUMP YOU BIG WUSS!
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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SHoulda yelled out at him, JUMP YOU BIG WUSS!
If the cops didn't beat me to him I would of just drove 120mph past him and blew his *** off.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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Wow, glad I was on vacation.

I'm usually traveling west 20 to Crowley Rd on my way home.

How did this effect traffic on 20 either direction?
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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That was me.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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i guess the bad traffic got to him..
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LOL, yeah no kidding. What do you do in DFW when something like that happens. You know the croud is ready to kill cause they are waiting for him to either jump or get down. I believe after 30 minutes he was lucky they were not throwing things at him from the car.

Zach
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:02 PM
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Had I been caught in traffic by this....



It would have been very tempting to throw some hot lead up at him.


You know a dumbass that gets on the edge and sets is just wanting to be "talked down." If the dillhole had been serious he would have gone up and over quickly.
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