{"id":11800,"date":"2017-08-22T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T21:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/lyft-uber-drivers-save-lives-listen\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:22:19","slug":"lyft-uber-drivers-save-lives-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/lyft-uber-drivers-save-lives-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft and Uber Drivers Can Save Lives: The First Step is to Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chad Farley picked up one last fare. A pretty normal night in the life of an Uber driver. But his GPS told him this fare\u2019s destination was the top of Skyway Bridge. And Farley did an amazing thing \u2013 something many of us might hesitate to do. He talked to the young man. That\u2019s when he learned his passenger had been diagnosed with brain cancer and might be trying to take his own life. (\u201cAn Uber Driver Helps Stop a Suicide<\/a>,\u201d NPR, <\/em>August 16, 2017).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first thought was to get somebody else involved,\u201d said Farley. He decided to call a toll worker who told him to pull over to the side of the road where her supervisor would come to meet him. Farley did as he was told and pulled into a rest area at the base of the bridge where people were congregating and he thought the young man would be safe. Farley took a photograph with the young man before he got out of the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew as soon as I took off, I was calling the police,\u201d said Farley. Based on the photograph Farley took, police were able to identify the young man, get him to a hospital and save his life.<\/p>\n

But without Farley\u2019s quick thinking, the police wouldn\u2019t have been there and the story would have had a very different ending. And it all started with talking to a person in distress. Such a simple act. And one that anyone could do.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Mental Health First Aid<\/a> is so important. This course familiarizes laypeople with the signs and symptoms of all types of mental health challenges. The training program also teaches people a five-step action plan to use if confronted by someone who might be experiencing a mental health crisis. The action plan begins with A: Assess for risk of suicide or harm, step two is L: Listen nonjudgmentally.<\/p>\n

Farley was right on track. The police arrived on-scene before the man had the chance to jump, and while they were unsuccessful in coaxing him not to, pulled him out of the water, resuscitated him and brought him to the hospital. \u201cIf folks want to say somebody’s a hero, they can talk to the officers that jumped in the water,\u201d said Farley.<\/p>\n

Since then, Farley has received an outpouring of support from other Uber drivers who have told him that they\u2019re going to pay more attention to their passengers \u2013 and they\u2019ll listen.<\/p>\n

This story is a reminder of just how important mental health training is no matter what profession you\u2019re in. It\u2019s a story that goes to show even an Uber driver can #BeTheDifference<\/a> in the life of someone contemplating suicide or living with a mental health challenge.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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