WATCH: Police Officer Leans On Prayer In Hour-Long Effort To Save Man On Bridge

New video captures the emotional moments as Florida police officers turned to prayer and faith to help talk a suicidal man off the edge of a bridge.

The Jacksonville Police Department released body camera footage of an April 12 crisis incident involving a young man preparing to take his own life on top of the Dames Point Bridge.

“Whatever you’re going through, man, you can get through it,” Officer Antonio Richardson said.

The young man, wearing black slides and gray sweatpants, shrugged his shoulders and stood with his back turned to the officer.

“Come on, let’s talk about it for a minute, Richardson said. “Can I at least have a prayer with you?”

The appeal to faith appeared to resonate, and the young man turned toward the officer to listen.

“You mind if I just hold your hand and pray with you? Come on, man, touch my hand,” the officer said.

The 96-second viral video offers only a brief glimpse of a long, 40-minute emotional standoff before the young man ultimately stepped away from the ledge.

“You’re hurting, but if you jump, you’re going to hurt other people,” Richardson told him. “The cycle of hurt has got to stop.”

Richardson, an 18-year veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and a pastor of more than 30 years, extended his arm and embraced the crying man into his arms, helping save his life.

“I remember reaching out my hand toward him, and at first, he was reluctant and kept looking like he wanted to jump. I kept saying, ‘Come on, man, don’t do it,’ and he finally turned and reached his hand toward me. That was a magical moment,” Richardson said, according to local outlet WTLV. 

Officer Creighton-Nelson offered more words of encouragement.

“I love you. We all love you. We wear this badge for many reasons. This is the main reason,” Nelson told the man. “To reach those whom the devil thinks he got. He ain’t got you.”

In that moment, the Jackson Police Department said their officers “were just people showing how much they care for another person.”

“I was praying, and God spared his life,” Robinson told Fox News. “We connected, and as a result of that connection, he didn’t jump, and that’s what it’s all about.”