Turkey's president stops his motorcade to talk suicidal man off jumping from bridge (photos)

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayip Erdogan was passing
through the 211ft Bosphorus bridge which links Europe with
Asia after Friday prayers on Christmas day when he
spotted a man attempting to jump off the bridge. He
stopped his motorcade to talk to the man whom police had
been trying to talk to for two hours. See the photos after
the cut...
Footage showed Erdogan's bodyguards bringing the sobbing
man, who appeared to be in his early 30s, to talk to the
President through the window of his car. After a few
moments, the man could then be seen kissing Erdogan's
hand before being escorted to safety.
Police had allegedly been trying for almost two hours to
talk the man out of committing suicide.
He was said to have abandoned his car on the bridge and
climbed over the side railing due to long-standing
depression.
The man is as yet unidentified.