POLICE RESCUE MENTALLY CHALLENGED MAN WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE ROAD TOWN FERRY DOCK
Written by Fuze Social Team on September 21, 2021
A 20-year-old male patient of the Behavioural Ward of Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital was rescued from the waters adjacent to the Road Town Ferry Terminal, thanks to the heroic efforts of officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force.
The Police Information Office said that on Sunday morning, officers of the Marine Unit and Beat and Patrol responded to a report from hospital personnel that the 20-year-old had escaped from the ward and jumped into the water near the terminal.
Upon arrival, Police observed the male close to 100 feet out, floating face down. Two officers entered the water, and with the help of the police vessel Swift Justice, pulled the male from the water.
He was revived after officers performed CPR, he was then taken by ambulance back to the hospital.
Officers reported six other incidents last week with persons with apparent mental illnesses. Of those six, one mother in Virgin Gorda asked for police assistance in calming her mentally ill adult son after making threats of violence.
A woman was taken to the Behavioural Ward after she was reported missing and then found outside her residence naked in Purcell Estate. Officers were also summoned after a 13-year-old, who had been previously assessed, threatened to commit suicide and kill members of his household.
