The Alexandria Police Department released a D.C. man after put on a harness and got stuck on the Seminary Road Bridge that runs across Interstate 395 on Sunday.
APD and the Alexandria Fire Department responded to a psychiatric emergency at around 8:15 a.m., and found the 62-year-old man with a harness wrapped around his waist and “strapped to the bridge,” police said in a dispatch.
After being unable to locate air bags or mattresses, AFD found a 24-foot-tall ladder, which the man used to climb down to N. Van Dorn Street, according to dispatches.
The entire incident was over by 8:40 a.m. and resulted in Virginia State Police and APD shutting down the northbound Seminary Road exit, as well as a portion of N. Van Dorn Street.
The man reportedly told police that he was trying to “retrieve personal property when he got stuck.” He was released after safely reaching the ground, according to APD.
APD did not release any other information on the man with the harness.
Police and fire crews have reopened lanes of the I-395 N ramp from Seminary Rd. above N Van Dorn St after they worked to free a subject who harnessed himself to the bridge and attempted to lower himself down to retrieve personal property when he got stuck. There are no injuries.
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) April 7, 2024
Here's the scene from the 8a hour as fire, EMS, and police dealt with the man who harnessed himself to the bridge at Seminary Rd. This was westbound over N. Van Dorn at the I-395N ramp. The traffic-cam video doesn't show the person, but thanks to all who alerted me to the… https://t.co/k9CljTve29 pic.twitter.com/T4gCeY8Jvu
— Dave Statter (@STATter911) April 7, 2024
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