The public nuisance law is kind of like a "prank fine:" if you call 911 as a joke, surely you should have to pay for the wasted resources? It's just a question of whether this guy's actions qualify. If he had jumped off the ledge to deliberately get an emergency response as part of an edgy Jackass-style documentary, surely he should have to pay the prank fine, right?
In this situation, on the one hand, he jumped deliberately, but on the other, he didn't intend to need rescuing. Hmm... maybe he should only have to pay for the rescue if he was yelling for help?
