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Truck Drivers Create Safety Net Under Bridge To Save Suicidal Man, Say Police

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ORLANDO (CBS) - A group of truck drivers in Orlando, Florida stopped to help police save a suicidal man.

Seven truck drivers lined their 18-wheelers under an overpass on the Florida Turnpike as a man hung over the side of a fence.

Florida Highway Patrol closed the Turnpike in both directions.

After more than an hour, the man came off the bridge on his own.

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