Monday, September 19, 2011

Local News: What would you do at witnessing someone about to jump from the Coronado Bay Bridge? By Adriana Lugo

On Thursday, May 12, Bryan Knowlton, a 42-year-old resident of Kearny Mesa, left his real estate  office near home and headed for Coronado, where he had an 11:00 a.m. appraisal appointment. As he headed towards the bridge he realized that the bridged was packed. "The traffic was backed up, and everybody was trying to get out of the right lane to go around a parked car. Driving by, I saw a lady looking over the wall, and there was a big bottle of wine on her hood and a smaller bottle of beer," Knowlton stated. Knowlton instantly ran out of his car to talk to this woman. He began to talk to her, but the only response he would receive was that her car broke down and that she was waiting for a tow truck. He went back to his car and called 911, asking for advice. When the police arrived, the woman panicked, threw the bottle of wine into the car and ran back towards the bridge wall. After a struggle, the lady finally turned herself in. They handcuffed her and took her away. The police, neighbors, and his family called him a hero and to many people of the community he was. 

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