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A first-year student has tracked down the quick-thinking father-of-two who stopped her taking her own life by jumping off a bridge. Jess Paramor, then 19, was about to jump in Maidstone, Kent last January when Tony Witton, 56, talked her off the ledge. Four days later, the student, who suffers from mental illnesses, returned to the same area to end her own life - only to be rescued by a second man and wife on their way home from the cinema. Now recovered, Ms Paramor is studying pharmaceutical science at the University of Lincoln and hopes to improve psychiatric medicine in the future.

Maidstone man speaks about being reunited with a woman who he stopped from taking her life  |  Updated: 16:24, 19 January 2021 A dad-of-two says he didn't even think before intervening and stopping a young woman from taking her own life. Jess Paramor, grew up in Maidstone and is now studying at university Picture: Jess Paramor As a result of the appeal, both men were tracked down and have now spoken to Miss Paramor, who thanked them and told them of her hopes for the future. Tony Witton, 56, said he was thrilled to hear from Jess and described speaking to her on the phone as "emotional".