PHOTO: Three borough assistant district attorneys this week saved the life of a man who allegedly tried to commit suicide just outside Borough Hall on Queens Boulevard. File Photo
By Forum Staff
Three quick-thinking Queens prosecutors last week saved a distraught man who attempted to take his own life outside of Borough Hall in Kew Gardens, according to their proud boss, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Assistant District Attorney Andrea Mauro walked out of Borough Hall around 1 p.m. last Friday and saw a man in his late 50s-early 60s tying one end of a rope to a tree and the other end around his neck. Mauro, joined by ADAs Jason Trager and Gabriel Mendoza, grabbed the man as the rope tightened. While Trager untied the rope from the tree, Mendoza untied the other end from the man’s neck.
“The man collapsed on the ground crying, gasping for air,” Trager said. “We are relieved that we were able to get him down from the tree in time. It was very sad and shocking.”
Police took the man to an area hospital for observation and treatment.
“The assistant district attorneys in this office do a tremendous job each day of seeking justice for victims of crimes, but these three prosecutors went above and beyond the call of duty by stepping in to save a man who was obviously distraught and in desperate need,” Brown said. “I am extremely proud of their actions.”
Three quick-thinking Queens prosecutors last week saved a distraught man who attempted to take his own life outside of Borough Hall in Kew Gardens, according to their proud boss, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Assistant District Attorney Andrea Mauro walked out of Borough Hall around 1 p.m. last Friday and saw a man in his late 50s-early 60s tying one end of a rope to a tree and the other end around his neck. Mauro, joined by ADAs Jason Trager and Gabriel Mendoza, grabbed the man as the rope tightened. While Trager untied the rope from the tree, Mendoza untied the other end from the man’s neck.
“The man collapsed on the ground crying, gasping for air,” Trager said. “We are relieved that we were able to get him down from the tree in time. It was very sad and shocking.”
Police took the man to an area hospital for observation and treatment.
“The assistant district attorneys in this office do a tremendous job each day of seeking justice for victims of crimes, but these three prosecutors went above and beyond the call of duty by stepping in to save a man who was obviously distraught and in desperate need,” Brown said. “I am extremely proud of their actions.”
