A depressed New York teen jumped to his death off the George Washington Bridge after posting a suicide note on Reddit titled 'In a few hours, I will be dead'.

Daniel Lomtevas, 17, was spotted on the bridge by Port Authority officers in Brooklyn just before 7am on Wednesday.

They tried to stop the teen from jumping and an officer managed to grab him, but Lomtevas escaped their grasp and fell into the water.

He died from his injuries about an hour later at a nearby hospital.

Daniel, a high school graduate who talked of going to medical school, revealed in his suicide note that he had suffered from anxiety attacks his entire life.

Brooklyn teen Daniel Lomtevas, 17, jumped to his death off the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday after posting a suicide note on Reddit titled 'In a few hours, I will be dead'

'I went all throughout middle school and high school absolutely terrified of social contact,' he wrote in the note, obtained by the New York Daily News.

'That is 12 whole f*****g years out of my life in isolation and despair.'

Daniel said his parents never knew about his struggles with depression, saying they were 'excellent' people who 'only wanted the best for me'.

'Did I ever tell them that I spent most classes in the back of the room, convulsing with anxiety attacks? No', he wrote.

Vera Lomtevas said she only found out about her son's troubles in August. She believes they were linked to his struggle with transitioning from private to public school.

I went all throughout middle school and high school absolutely terrified of social contact. That is 12 whole f*****g years out of my life in isolation and despair.'

Daniel tried to commit suicide on August 22 and left his parents a four-page suicide note.

He then rode his bike to the foot of the Verazzano Bridge, which connects Staten Island to Brooklyn, but was caught before he could jump.

Vera and Peter Lomtevas immediately tried to get their son help. He was committed to a psychiatric ward for three days but was then released.

They struggled to find him a psychiatrist. Daniel was finally given an appointment on September 24, but did not divulge his suicidal thoughts.

'He was hiding it,' Vera said. 'He wanted to end his suffering.'

Daniel wrote in his note that he does not blame his parents for not taking him to a psychiatrist 'years ago', noting that he seemed perfectly fine on the surface.

Daniel, a high school graduate who talked of going to medical school, revealed in his suicide note that he had suffered from anxiety attacks and depression his entire life

'I was making excellent grades. Honor societies, scholarships, the whole nine yards,' he wrote.

'That's really all a parent could want from their child, right?'

Daniel was accepted into Brooklyn College this year and had earned a Regents diploma.

His father described him as a 'completely normal boy'. But his depression, anxiety and eventual suicide has 'blindsided' his parents.

Now Vera is left wishing that the police did more to save him on that fateful Wednesday morning.

Daniel had slipped out of the family's home at 4am, leaving behind a pile of clothes on his bed to make it look like he had never left.

But the family soon realized his plan and called the police as they began tracking his location using the Find My iPhone feature.

Vera said she doesn't understand why there were six police officers at her home when the family knew where the teen was headed.

Port Authority officers spotted Daniel on the bride (pictured in file photo) just before 7am and tried to stop him from jumping. One officer grabbed him, but he escaped their grasp and fell

Daniel was the ninth person this year to jump from the bridge (pictured). Authorities said 53 additional suicide attempts were successfully intervened

'We were telling them the exact blocks he was on and they only had two officers and one vehicle at the bridge?' she said. 'We had all forewarned them.'

'It was like the Keystone Kops,' the mother added, referencing the incompetent policemen featured in silent films made by Keystone Company in the early 1900s.

The NYPD said it received the family's 911 call 22 minutes before Daniel committed suicide.

It added that officers were canvassing the area that includes the bridge and an alert was sent out to the Port Authority Police Department to search for Daniel.

The Port Authority officer who spotted Daniel immediately stopped her patrol car and chased after the teen, halting vehicle traffic as she tried to catch him.

Daniel started to run away and scaled an outer railing of the bridge, according to the New York Post.

The cop grabbed him but struggled to hold on to him. That was when he was 'able to break free of her', a source told the paper.

NYPD divers immediately retrieved Daniel from the water before he was rushed to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Daniel was the ninth person this year to jump from the bridge. Authorities said they have successfully prevented 53 additional suicide attempts.

But Vera said their efforts weren't enough to save her son.

'The medical professionals failed him, the police failed him,' she said.

'The whole system failed him.'