On August 16, police officers from Zgorzelec saved a man who had attempted to commit suicide. The incident occurred in the early afternoon. The duty officer at the District Police Headquarters in Zgorzelec received a report about the disturbing behavior of a young man who was trying to throw the belt fastened around his neck over a tree branch in one of Zgorzelec’s parks.
A patrol was immediately sent there. On one of the trees, the officers saw a young man hanging. They immediately rushed to help. They lifted him up and cut the belt. While calling an ambulance to the scene, the police officers began restoring the man’s vital functions. The rescued 35-year-old, a resident of Ciechanów, was taken to hospital. He is now recovering. He owes his life to the officers’ swift and decisive action.