Turkey's president stops his motorcade to talk suicidal man off jumping from bridge (photos)

            

Footage showed Erdogan's bodyguards bringing the sobbing man, who appeared to be in his early 30s, to talk to the President through the window of his car. After a few moments, the man could then be seen shaking Erdogan's hand before being escorted to safety.


          

Police had allegedly been trying for almost two hours to talk the man out of committing suicide.
He was said to have abandoned his car on the bridge and climbed over the side railing due to long-standing depression. The man is as yet unidentified.