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I-20 Reopens After Man Threatens Overpass Jump

Posted: 7:16 am EDT May 2, 2008Updated: 7:44 am EDT May 2, 2008

ATLANTA -- A man threatening to jump from a bridge over I-20 in Atlanta shut down the busy interstate in both directions during the Friday morning rush hour.

Police said the man climbed onto the bridge over I-20 at McDaniel Street just before 7 a.m. Police and DOT HERO units stopped traffic in both directions; traffic backed up for miles in both the east- and westbound lanes.

Giant airbags were inflated and moved under the overpass to catch the person if they jumped.

By 7:30 a.m. the person threatening to jump was in custody and all lanes of the interstate were reopened.

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