Suicidal man saved after police give him a wedgie
Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 03:00PM The wedgie has for a long time been the prank of choice for schoolyard bullies - but it was recently use das a life saving technique by the LAPD. Wait, what?
Officers had been called out to reports of a distraught man who was planning to kill himself by jumping off the 13th floor of an apartment building.
And when they got there, the man - who was upset about splitting up with his girlfriend - was still standing on the ledge and threatening to throw himself onto the ground below.
After talking to him for a couple of minutes, officers made their move and swiftly grabbed the would-be jumper, who ended up dangling over the side of the building, as this video shows.
When he then proceeded to bite the cops, their grip slipped and one officer ended up clinging onto his underwear to prevent him from falling... and right there the life-saving wedgie was born.
The cops eventually managed to handcuff the man to a railing, meaning that even if he did get free, the worst that would happen was that he'd end up with one arm longer than the other.
Firefighters soon arrived at the scene and cut the railings to remove the man who was taken to hospital... probably to have his underwear surgically removed. Something tells us this display isn't going to help the dude win his girlfriend back...
