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Boston Police Officer Credited With Saving Woman Who Fell Off Roof

BOSTON (CBS) - A Boston police officer being hailed as a hero says he was just doing his job.

Officer Robert Robichaud is being credited with saving the life of a distraught woman who was threatening to jump from a rooftop.

Robichaud caught the woman as she fell head first from the roof in Dorchester. The incident happened on Wilbert Road.

He does not consider himself a hero, rather a police officer doing his job that had a good outcome.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Don Huff reports

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