CHP officers go out on a ledge to stop woman’s Bay Bridge leap

A California Highway Patrol officer is credited with preventing a distraught woman from jumping to her death Tuesday morning from the eastern span of the Bay Bridge. The CHP posted photos of the emotional encounter on its Facebook page later that evening, showing Officer Jeremy Maya crouched next to the woman as she sat precariously on the edge, some 525 feet above San Francisco Bay. [...] Maya, an officer trained in crisis intervention, grabbed a strap from a nearby Caltrans tow truck then tied one end to himself and the other end to the bridge’s railing. “We are extremely proud of our officers for risking their lives and for saving a life,” CHP officials said in a statement.