On April 25, 31-year-old Collin Dozier was driving home around midnight when he noticed a car pulled on the side of the road on the Lesner bridge.
He said he felt compelled by God to investigate after not seeing the driver of the car.
“I figured he wasn’t even near his car that much,” Dozier told CBN News. “So, I just felt the Holy Spirit speak to me and tell me to go up there.”
The man, 27-year-old Jacob Palmer, had gotten out of his car to jump from the bridge.
“At that point I was like, ‘Hey man, don’t do it. Jesus loves you. He’s got a plan for your life,’” Dozier explained.
Dozier, a devout Christian, said that while Jacob didn’t respond, that didn’t stop him from talking and at times sharing his own personal testimony.
“No matter what I said he wouldn’t listen,” said Dozier. “So, that’s when I did the only thing I knew to do in a situation like that and that’s to pray. So, I reached out my hand and I was like, ‘Lord Jesus please speak to this man. I pray right now you open up his eyes and show him your love.’”
He continued, “I was like, ‘Man I’ve gone through a lot of hard times in my life and there’s only one thing that’s really going to help me get through those hard times and that’s turning to the Lord.”
Dozier said things escalated when the police arrived.