FBI - Fire Department - Police

Mar. 03, 1964 - Rooftop Drama in Bloomsbury: for 85 minutes yesterday, as hundreds of people watched from below, 30-year-old Thomas French stood precariously balanced at the top of a four story building 60 feet above the street in Bloomsbury London, holding his 18-month-old son Stewart in his arms, threatening to jump off. French said that he had been evicted from his home, and that his wife had left him. Fireman and helpers spread tarpaulins below, and three policemen and women police constable Margaret cleland, 23. gathered on the roof and tried to reason with the man. Margaret talked and talked, edging forward all the time, and finally snatched the baby from the man's arms. all three of then nearly falling, then the police men dashed forward and grabbed french. photo shows Policewoman cleland grabs the child from the man's arms

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13246628

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47009593

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5592px x 4385px (1.4MB)

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Keystone Pictures USA