Daniel Lomtevas (17) jumped from a bridge two months after he was saved from killing himself in a previous attempt



Daniel Lomtevas (17) Date: Oct 05, 2016

Suicide by: Jumped from bridge

Location: Baltimore, MD

URL: view their profile Oct 05, 2016Jumped from bridgeBaltimore, MD

A 17-year-old Brooklyn resident who was saved from jumping off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge over the summer has died after plunging from the George Washington Bridge.



Port Authority police responded to the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday morning following a report of a teen on the span, according to the New York Post.



An officer saw the boy, later identified as Daniel Lomtevas, stopped her patrol car and jumped out in an attempt to save him, the report said.



The officer grabbed Daniel, but he slipped from her grip and fell into the Hudson, the report said. NYPD divers were able to get the boy, and he was taken to Colombia-Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:35 a.m., the Post reported.



"My son Daniel killed himself yesterday," Peter Lomtevas said in an email to the Advance on Thursday. Lomtevas contacted the newspaper to say that his son was the same teen who threatened suicide Aug. 22 on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. At the time, MTA Bridge and Tunnel officers teamed with NYPD Emergency Service Unit members to safely remove the boy from the span.



Before plunging from the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday, Daniel left a suicide message on Reddit titled "In a few hours, I will be dead," his father said.



Peter said his family first became concerned about Daniel in the days leading up to his first suicide attempt.



"He was a happy, cheerful teen," his father said. "Then, in August, he became panicked, anxious and depressed. He withdrew from family and friends."



In a photo supplied to the Advance, Daniel can be seen with his mother, Vera, and his brother, Michael, only three days before he attempted to jump from the Verrazano.



"He was stone faced and had us worried," Peter said of the photograph.



After the first attempt, Daniel was voluntarily committed to a psychiatric ward, his father said. A psychiatrist cleared him for release three days later so he could start Brooklyn College and seek treatment closer to home in Brooklyn, he added.



Peter said his son sought treatment, but he became "a psychological wreck -- unrecognizable."



A little more than a month after his first suicide attempt, Daniel was gone.

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