Woman recites Linkin Park's 'One More Light' to prevent man from committing suicide, succeeds

A Florida woman has made headlines after she stopped a man from committing suicide by reciting a lyric from Linkin Park's song 'One More Light'. 

In a video tweeted out by Orange County Sheriff's Office, a sequence of events followed in which a man was ready to jump to his death. Thanks to Cristina Settanni, a healthcare worker who spotted man sitting on edge of overpass on State Road 408, trdy was averted. Settanni immediately stopped her car and decided to take a call on saving man's life. tweet by sheriff's office said:

" man looked like he was ready to jump off an overpass."

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According to Settanni, she passed him first but decided to stop. reason she stopped is because she has been in same place, she said. 

“I stopped because I have been where he was. I kw what it is like to stand on ledge and think that is your only option,” she said in clip that has gone viral ever since it was tweeted by  Orange County Sheriff's Office

However, things were still dicey and unpredictable man did make a move forward. As he moved forward, Settanni moved along too. She said "‘pe, you go, I go,” That's when Settanni decided to recite a lyric from her favourite band's song One More Light:

“It’s a Linkin Park song ‘Who cares if one more light goes out, In a sky of a million stars… I do’ one person cares,” she said in video.

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By this time sheriff's office had received eugh calls about a man trying to commit suicide. sheriff's deputy reached spot and tried consoling distressed man. man had to be forcibly pulled away from edge as he was t coming back even after multiple requests by Deputy Shaun Cayer. Apparently, man took drastic step because of wrong decisions he made that affected his family. He was later taken to a Mental Healthcare facility. However, incident has also taken a toll on Settanni herself who says that she thinks about man every or day. In addition, she also said that she has stopped taking State Road 408 to get to work. 

song 'One More Light' is from album of same name. Also, it was Linkin Park's last single with ir longtime vocalist Chester Bennington. Bennington died in July 2017. Fans are convinced that Bennington has outlived through his songs yet again. hashtag #makeChesterproud was tweeting in comments thread.