Nitro Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 T.I. is the latest star making moves to save lives: On Wednesday, the rapper helped talk down a man who was about to leap from the ledge of a 22-story building. The 30-year-old hip-hop star (real name: Clifford Harris) heard about the situation on the radio and drove to the scene at Atlanta's 400 Colony Square Building, which is also home to urban contemporary radio station V-103. On the way, he called V-103 radio personality Ryan Cameron. "He was leaving his house which is about 45 minutes from the station and heard me talking about the situation," Cameron told ABCNews.com today. "He then called my cell phone and said 'Hey, you think maybe I could come by and help?'" Cameron said T.I. arrived by himself, no bodyguards, no entourage. He then told authorities he wanted to get involved. "He said, 'Sometimes people need to be able to relate to somebody who is not a police person," Cameron said. An officer at the building's street level used a cell phone to record a video message from T.I. and gave it to a negotiator on the roof, who showed it to the 24-year-old man. Shortly after, the man stepped back from the ledge. He later talked with T.I. in the building's lobby before being taken to Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rapper-ti-latest-star-stop-suicide/story?id=11879750 Bravo. That really is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Damn for T.I to actually go and do that is real nice of him and everything. Proprs to T.I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Yeah, I feel I'd be the same way as a star. Eager to give back to my community. I heard a great story about Denzel Washington, and it wasn't from the media it was straight from a soldier in the army. Denzel went to go visit troops in Iraq and he was talking to a lot of them and they were telling him of their troubles back home and money issues, he pulled out his check book and helped them all. Word has it he gave out a pretty substantial amount of money as well. He didn't do it to look good for the media either, he did it because he could, and I respect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Billionaire Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 The truly rich always give back and be generous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 It was a nice deed. Certainly a way for T.I. to get back in the good graces of the media and public though after his latest arrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 He should still be in jail, but oh well.And it's kind of expected for someone to help save a suicidal guy.. if it was some random Joe this wouldn't even make headlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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