But, knowing Richardson had also been a pastor, they soon asked him to speak with the man.

"I just felt within myself that God was going to spare his life," Richardson later said on a Fox & Friends interview.

Speaking to the suicidal man that night, Officer Richardson told him, "Whatever you're going through, man, you can get through it ... Let's talk about it for a minute ... You believe in prayer, I know that ... Just touch my hand. Just touch my hand, man, I'm praying with you."

"If you jump," he told him, "you're going to hurt other people. And they're going to be hurting just like you're hurting now, the cycle's gotta stop."

According to the Fox News report, the man finally stepped back from the edge, walked toward Officer Richardson, and the two embraced. (Screengrab image: via Fox News)

"I was praying," Richardson said, "And God spared his life. And we connected. And as a result of that connection, he didn't jump."

The officer admitted that after the man was safe, he went back to his patrol car, called his wife and "wept like a baby." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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