Title
High Wire Suicide Rescue
Caption
New York, New York: December 4, 1939
A policeman reaches out and grabs a man on high tension power lines before he can carry out his threat to jump. The lines normally carry 33,000 volts but were shut off for two hours duirng the resvue, tying up train traffic on Long Island. Safety nets were spread out below.
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Credit line
Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG
Reference
UMG20A19_228
Model release
No
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
47,0Mb (5,8Mb) / 11,4in x 16,0in / 3424 x 4800 (300dpi)