Video: LAPD makes daring rooftop rescue

Thursday night, reportedly distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend, a man had been ready to jump off the roof of an apartment building in downtown Los Angeles when officers and a security guard stepped in.

The rescuers handcuffed the man to the railing, successfully securing him long enough to pull him back onto the ledge and to safety.

The man though, did not submit without a fight.

He sunk his teeth into an officer’s arm, Lt. Paul Vernon. Undeterred by the bite, the four-year veteran didn't let go.

"The most amazing thing about this is the officers' commitment to saving this man in the face of danger to their own lives," Vernon said.

The man, whose name has been withheld, was taken to a hospital where sources say he will seek psychiatric treatment.

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