The Region - News from April 17, 1985
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The Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles was closed for a day while a man later identified as Bob Baker, 40, was poised to leap to his death. After 16 hours, a police psychologist was able to persuade him to leave the railing, and the span was reopened to traffic.
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