A group of Los Angeles officers and a security guard stopped a suicidal man from succeeding in his attempt to jump off a building onto the hard, life-taking ground below and interestingly enough, it was the man’s underwear that helped save his life. Watch the footage after the jump!

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Gawker:

To rescue the man, cops handcuffed him to a railing and vigorously pulled on his upper body to bring him completely over to the right side of the ledge. As you can see, the man’s black underpants also played a critical role in the rescue—giving police a way to grab onto his lower body.

The man, who reportedly tried to kill himself over a girl, allegedly bit the officer who was saving his life.