A man thought to be trying to jump hangs from a sign above the 5 Freeway in East Los Angeles on July 25. The CHP received calls about 3:40 p.m. and closed the freeway in both directions. It was reopened around 7:15 p.m. after the man was taken into custody. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
The would-be jumper climbs on a freeway sign on the Downey Road overpass. Crisis negotiators were brought in to talk to the man. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
Emergency crews position a cushion under a man standing on a sign above the 5 Freeway in East Los Angeles. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
Crowds gather as a man thought to be trying to jump climbs on a sign hanging over the 5 Freeway from the Downey Road overpass. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
Emergency personnel pull the would-be jumper to safety through a hole cut in the fence on the Downey Road overpass. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
Law enforcement officials talk to the would-be jumper after he was pulled through a hole cut in the fence on the Downey Road overpass above the 5 Freeway in East Los Angeles. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
Cars trapped on the 5 Freeway when it was shut down for the rescue of a man thought to be trying to jump from a sign on the Downey Road overpass in East Los Angeles. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
