Chelsea Manning out of jail, back in NYC after suicide attempt

Chelsea Manning is back in the Big Apple sharing the first photo of herself since she attempted suicide in jail.

Hi all been staying safe inside a lot, Manning wrote on Twitter, flashing a peace sign alongside a friend in the street in Brooklyn as they say they were delivering personal protective gear to some of those most in need.

It was the first time the Army intelligence officer-turned-leaker had been seen since she tried to kill herself in Virginias Alexandria Detention Center last month, where she was being held for refusing to testify to a grand jury about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The next day, a federal district judge ordered her released, NPR noted at the time.

Manning, 32, was wearing a sky blue top, mask and gloves as she posed for her Brooklyn photo late Tuesday afternoon.

Doing what i can to help collect & distribute PPE to some of those most in need, she wrote. Thankful for all your wonderful love and support! we will get through this together, she said, with a string of emojis, including a heart, a rainbow and a masked face.

She was photographed with Janus Rose, a senior editor at Motherboard and a Post-Apocalyptic Delivery Dyke, according to Roses Twitter profile.

THANK YOU @xychelsea for donating PPE to mutual aid volunteers in brooklyn!! its pretty bleak out there and im so relieved to see her safe and out of jail, Rose wrote.

Fun fact: i teased @xychelsea relentlessly when she bought boxes of masks and nitrile gloves in 2017 i now humbly rescind my remarks and recognize our Quarantine Prepper Queen, Rose added.

Manning previously spent seven years in military prison for leaking thousands of sensitive and classified documents to WikiLeaks.

President Barack Obama commuted the remainder of her 35-year sentence just days before handing the White House over to President Trump.

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Chelsea Manning out of jail, back in NYC after suicide attempt