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Man jumps from Mass. Ave. bridge, but lives

By adamg on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 4:38pm

A 45-year-old Harvard man jumped off the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge shortly before noon. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office:

Troopers were able to bring the man from the water into a State Police vessel and transport him to a nearby dock, from where he was taken to Boston Medical Center. Based on the facts and circumstances available thus far, the incident does not appear to be the result of criminal conduct and the man is expected to survive.

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Back Bay
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Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
Harvard Bridge
Charles River


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Comments

By Section77 on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 5:25pm.

Sounds like a teen girl trying to get attention.

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 11:59am.

... but not serious.

By CopleyScott17 on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 5:52pm.

...how could jumping off the bridge NOT be criminal?

By mg on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 6:44pm.

They mean it wasn't the result of an assault or being pushed or the like.

By CopleyScott17 on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 8:32pm.

I just figured "jumped" kinda ruled out out that possibility :-)

By dmcboston on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 6:44pm.

...did they ever make an arrest in the South Boston St. Paddy's Day racist firebombing? Haven't seen much about that.

By anon on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 11:05am.

And this has what to do with a man's attempted suicide?

By Irma la Douce on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 6:54pm.

Zachary Marr was also from Harvard, also went into the Charles, with more tragic results, in February.

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 12:00pm.

coincidence

By theszak on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 7:20pm.

How long does it take the State Police vessel to get to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge?

By Creg on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 9:30am.

Those skiffs are on the ready under the Zakim, and they can MOVE when they need to.

By Neighbor2 on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 11:19am.

And it's what, 1-2 mile's, so within a couple minutes if the police boat is already in or near the river, or the officers are on quick stand-by near the Zakim.

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 10:52pm.

The MIT Boathouse for crew boats is to the west of the bridge, the Sailing Pavilion is just to the east (and just west of the Longfellow). While the SP has boats and jet skis, the motorized launches from either MIT facility can also get there extremely quickly and start a rescue (as they are trained to do).

Further upstream, the BU crew and sailing facilities also have motorized boats near the BU bridge.