The mum of a man who planned to jump from a bridge crossing the M62 has praised the hero lorry driver who saved her 28-year-old son's life.
The unknown truck driver was hailed as a hero last week after he stopped on the motorway underneath the bridge when he saw a man sitting on the edge.
He stopped directly underneath the man, meaning he couldn't jump off - reports Yorkshire Live.
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The man's 56-year-old mum, who didn't want to be named, said she had seen her son earlier that day and had no idea his mental state was so bad.
And it wasn't until she saw the distressing image circulating on Facebook that she realised it was her son.
She said: "I kept looking at it and I thought, 'I'm sure that is my son.
"The picture got sent to me and it was circulated around and I could tell it was him by the way he was sat and the clothes he had on.
"I'd seen him earlier that day and he was his normal self. I didn't see him for long because he just came and went but I was talking to him for a bit.
"Looking back, all I can think to myself is, 'oh my God, that could've been the last I saw him'.
"Before he left, he turned round to me and said, 'see you mum, I love you' and I said it back but that could've been the last time."
The image of the trucker, which was posted by Vulnerable Citizen Support Leeds, has gone viral with praise flooding in for the lorry driver who stopped under the bridge.
Now, the man's mum, who is from Manchester, is keen to make sure the driver knows just how grateful she is and she is convinced the trucker saved her son and prevented him from taking his own life.
She said: "He saved his life, at the moment, my son has a lot of problems. He has a lot of worries and I'm just grateful that the driver's stopped him doing that and I can't express how grateful that he did stop.
"My son is now getting help. He went to the doctors so hopefully he gets in a better place.
"It was awful at the time and I'm just glad the driver had the sense to do that and stop there and I can't express how I am feeling.
"It could have been a very different story and I don't like to imagine that. I just want to get that message out there to thank the driver for everything he has done as he was a godsend that day."
