Muhammad Ali helps talk a suicidal man off a ledge in Los Angeles, 1981. @HistoryinPics: pic.twitter.com/ZFjV9xbnxj
— David Grann (@DavidGrann) February 7, 2014
This was news to me. I didn't remember the incident. But thanks to YouTube (and CBS News, which uploaded it), we have a video clip. Here's how CBS News reported the story back in 1981: