Humber Bridge Board unaware of Phil Brown talking down suicide jumper

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Friday, October 02, 2009
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The Humber Bridge Board today said it was not aware Hull City manager Phil Brown had talked down a possible suicide jumper.

Brown claimed he met the woman when the team went for a walk on the bridge on Wednesday.

He said she was "considering her future" but came down after some "sweet talk".

A spokesperson for the bridge board said: "We have not heard anything about this."

Here is the full interview with Brown about the incident.

Brown: "Walked across there (the Humber Bridge) yesterday. We saved a girl actually. Considering her future, shall we say, but that's one for the headlines isn't it, I suppose?"

Reporter: "Genuinely?"

Brown: "Well, you never know do you until you see her jump, you don't know whether somebody is actually going to."

Reporter: "So, then she saw you guys and thought 'it can't be as bad as all that?'"

Brown: "Can't be as bad as that."

Reporter: "I've got to ask, it would be silly not to ask, did you seriously bump into a young lady up there then?"

Brown: "Yes, I did."

Reporter: "What, you just got talking to her and..."

Brown: "Aye, sweet talk."

Reporter: "How old was she?"

Brown: "She was claiming she was 40 plus, but she looked a lot younger than 40 plus."

Reporter: "How did you manage to dissuade her from jumping?"

Brown: "Nobody said she was going to jump."

Reporter: "But I mean, seriously?"

Brown: "You've got a story there haven't you?"

Reporter: "Well, you just said that you bumped into this woman."

Brown: "It's your job to write the headlines not mine."

Reporter: "Did she come and join you for the walk?"

Brown: "No, no, she tootled off to wherever she came from."

Reporter: "There's no reason to be up there unless you're a football team looking for inspiration?"

Brown: "Correct."

Reporter: "What was the thinking, just a warm down?"

Brown: "No, no, not a warm down, looking for clarity."

* Were you the woman on the bridge? Call the Mail's newsdesk on (01482) 315261.

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    by mookie, humber bridge looking down

    Sunday, October 04 2009, 8:14PM

    “I was there on the day in question, had to talk down 15 or 16 forlorn looking guys in black and amber track suits, oh and a rather orange looking fella with a funny stick thing poking out of his ear.”

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    by mike, spain

    Saturday, October 03 2009, 2:18PM

    “hull city are also UNAWARE that he is the manager”

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    by michael, bonelgesgory

    Saturday, October 03 2009, 10:23AM

    “So basically what you're saying is that it's perfectly legitimate journalistic licence to contrive an utterly false story to make some local twerp look good, and fill out some copy on an otherwise lacklustre news day.”

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    by Anhans Rexick, Hull

    Saturday, October 03 2009, 8:15AM

    “Michael; read the article again without your anti Brown glasses on.THE REPORTER WANTED THE STORY.”

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    by Meg Ative, Blundells Buildings

    Saturday, October 03 2009, 8:13AM

    “It was Kath Hetherington.”

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