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Radio 5 Live,24 May 2018,25 mins

The Stranger on the Bridge

Eye of the Storm

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Neil Laybourn was heading to work, when he saw a man climbing over the railings, intending to end his life. That man was Jonny Benjamin, and Neil managed to pull him back from the brink. Anna Foster talks to both men about that moment, and their battle to end the stigma of mental illness.

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