T.I. (real name is Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) talked a young man out of jumping off a skyscraper in Atlanta yesterday, saving his life. At around 4:00 P.M., a local radio station was talking about a man who was threatening to jump off a 22-story office building. T.I. heard them and rushed over to the building. When he got there, he coordinated with the police to try to help talk the guy down and recorded a message on a cell phone.
Per Rolling Stone:
“Something in me just said, ‘Man you gotta try and help. You gotta do whatever you can,’” T.I. later told reporters. T.I. met with police and then recorded a video message that the police then showed to the man on the ledge. On the video, T.I. said, “Nothing is that bad. Nothing in life is worth taking your life. I’m here to help you. Please come down to talk to me.”
And it worked. The guy came down off the roof in exchange for some face time with T.I. in the lobby of the building. Officer James Polite said T.I. talked to the guy for about five minutes, and it really made a difference. The man was then taken to the Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta, for a psychological assessment. He has not been charged with any crime. This random incident comes just in time for T.I., who is due in court this Friday to answer to charges that he violated his probation.
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