As Seattle was dealing with a traffic snarl on I-90 Tuesday morning, Tacoma was dealing with its own backup but for very different reasons.

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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was closed during the early morning commute as police responded to a woman attempting to commit suicide. Washington State Patrol and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, as well as officials with the state’s department of transportation all responded around 6 a.m. to find the woman over the edge of the eastbound side of the bridge, hanging on to the supporting cables.

“She was stating that she was going to jump and that she was going to kill herself,” said Trooper Jermaine Walker.

Walker was among the many officers who responded. He was the person who ultimately talked the woman out of jumping, and brought her back to the deck of the bridge. But he didn’t immediately engage in the situation.

“I approached the bridge and I observed the female with the other officers. And I just listened for a little while and to them trying to communicate,” Walker said. “Once I kind of got a gauge on where she was coming from I thought I might have an opportunity to reach out to her and get to her. She really wasn’t responding to the other officers on the scene.”

“I began speaking with her and trying to relate to her,” he said. “Luckily, I was able to get an in, and get a relationship going. Over an hour of speaking with her I was able to convince her &#8212 with the assistance of other people on the bridge, we were able to assist her with deciding not to jump.”

Walker described the woman as a person who is “down and out on their luck.”

Once topside, the woman sat in Walker’s patrol car. He told her he would take her anywhere she wanted that could get her help. There were a few facilities that he knew of, but she had to decide what she wanted.

First, however, they made one stop.

“We stopped and we had breakfast together,” Walker said. “We just had a nice day &#8212 after we got her to calm down and decide that taking her life was not what she wanted to do.”

“I told her I would gladly take her anywhere she needs to go to get the help that she needs,” he said. “So I spent the day with her driving around to different facilities to find what was best for her.”

He gave her his contact information to stay in touch.

In the end, he said that it was a good outcome, even if drivers were frustrated for waiting while the bridge was closed. Social media was filled with comments surrounding the incident, many were not as understanding as Walker.

“A little bit of traffic is a small price to pay for safety during these incidents,” he said.