DETROIT -- A pair of Michigan Department of Natural Resources officers rescued a man from the MacArthur Bridge in Detroit Friday, before he was able to jump from the bridge. In a press release issued by the DNR, the department says officer Jaime Salisbury noticed the 34-year-old Detroit man on the other side of the bridge as Salisbury and his partner Todd Thorn, drove by.

“I kept looking back in the rear view mirror – I saw the man put both hands on the rail, climb over and stand on the back of the railing,” Salisbury said.

The duo turned around and parked far enough away from the man that he didn’t notice them as they approached thanks to a cement barrier that shielded the officers from the man. The officers were able to pull the man back over the barrier, although he did resist slightly.

“He was pretty emotional once we pulled him over the railing,” Thorn said. “He did try at one point to get back to the railing.”

Prior to the incident, the man called a relative who eventually made it to the bridge. The officers and the family members were able to calm the man down and he eventually waited for EMS in the back seat of his relative’s car.

“He was pretty upset with the whole situation, in tears, telling us he wanted to jump, and nobody cared about him,” Thorn said. “We told him there were two family members there for him, and that we were there for him. Nobody wanted him to jump.”

The man was eventually transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation.