According to news reports that appeared in the Chinese media on Saturday, a man, who got stuck in traffic on account of another man threatening to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, got out of his car, and pushed the would-be suicider off the rail. He later said that he was exasperated with the delay, and that this was the other man's wish anyway. Admittedly, the jumper stood on the rails conversing with the police for roughly five hours, during which time no cars were allowed to pass on the road. This led to massive protests from the drivers themselves, each of them busy to get to work.
The angry passer-by, 66-year-old Lian Jiansheng, a former Chinese soldier, broke through the police barrier and headed towards Chen Fuchao, who was dangling above the pit, holding on to the bridge with just one hand. Lian pretended to want to shake the other man's hand, but pushed him off the bridge instead, in front of the police officers, and under the confused eyes of all those watching. Chen was just the last in a long row of would-be jumpers to threaten to kill themselves in that very location since early April, Chinese authorities tell.
“I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests. They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals, Lian was quoted as saying by the China Daily newspaper. Reuters reports that Chen fell about eight meters, but landed directly on a partially inflated rescue mat, wielded by perplexed firemen. He was, however, hospitalized with wrist and back injuries, due to the fact that he also hit the ground to some extent.
The man wanted to kill himself in the first place on account of a building project gone wrong, which made him fall into a two million yuan' ($293,200) worth debt. Authorities were reportedly being insensitive to his situation, and that was what made him resort to the desperate act. In the same spot, on the Haizhu bridge in the Guangzho province, at least 12 people tried to commit suicide over the past two months, the police explains. However, none of them was lent a helping hand by a passer-by, they add.
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I saw this on the news this morning. In the summer we have what we call jumpers who have a nasty habit of jumping in front of fast moving trains, etc. Always happens on Friday afternoons when peeps are trying to get home.:-5
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good lord... that is weird. I don't really know what to make of that.
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I remember headlines in a national daily once. Years ago when our rail transport system was still publicly owned. The headlines said that trains drivers would get two weeks off if they hit someone on the tracks. The way it was worded in the headline, it sounded more like an incentive to hit somebody.
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Bloodyhell! :-2
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I can't make up my mind on this..... I'm having one of those days 
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That is a very strange story......
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What an awful story. How can someone do that to another human being:mad:
Quite often while driving across a bridge to return to my home, a jumper was on the bridge threatening suicide. Police were always there talking the jumper out of comitting suicide. This happened at least twice a week. Finally the police began to patrol this bridge more often, and the jumpers stopped using this bridge.
The wait for the police to talk the jumper down was at least a 2 hour wait and one time it was 6 hours.
There was no way for the traffic to reverse and try to get out of the way of "police business."
Yes, it was very frustrating to be stuck on a bridge but never did anyone around me wish to push the jumper off the bridge. Everyone was concerned about the mindset of the jumper and his/her family.
I can't even begin to imagine the pain that the suicidal person must have been going through to wish to kill himself.
I've known 2 people who committed suicide. No, I don't think that they were trying to be selfish. I think that they were in so much pain that they didn't know what to do. They felt that this was their only solution and didn't want to cause anymore pain to their family and friends. They didn't feel that they deserved to live anymore.
This is so sad to me because there were so many people in their lives that loved them so much and would do anything to help them.
Quite often while driving across a bridge to return to my home, a jumper was on the bridge threatening suicide. Police were always there talking the jumper out of comitting suicide. This happened at least twice a week. Finally the police began to patrol this bridge more often, and the jumpers stopped using this bridge.
The wait for the police to talk the jumper down was at least a 2 hour wait and one time it was 6 hours.
There was no way for the traffic to reverse and try to get out of the way of "police business."
Yes, it was very frustrating to be stuck on a bridge but never did anyone around me wish to push the jumper off the bridge. Everyone was concerned about the mindset of the jumper and his/her family.
I can't even begin to imagine the pain that the suicidal person must have been going through to wish to kill himself.
I've known 2 people who committed suicide. No, I don't think that they were trying to be selfish. I think that they were in so much pain that they didn't know what to do. They felt that this was their only solution and didn't want to cause anymore pain to their family and friends. They didn't feel that they deserved to live anymore.
This is so sad to me because there were so many people in their lives that loved them so much and would do anything to help them.
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Peg;1195064 wrote: According to news reports that appeared in the Chinese media on Saturday, a man, who got stuck in traffic on account of another man threatening to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, got out of his car, and pushed the would-be suicider off the rail. He later said that he was exasperated with the delay, and that this was the other man's wish anyway. Admittedly, the jumper stood on the rails conversing with the police for roughly five hours, during which time no cars were allowed to pass on the road. This led to massive protests from the drivers themselves, each of them busy to get to work.
The angry passer-by, 66-year-old Lian Jiansheng, a former Chinese soldier, broke through the police barrier and headed towards Chen Fuchao, who was dangling above the pit, holding on to the bridge with just one hand. Lian pretended to want to shake the other man's hand, but pushed him off the bridge instead, in front of the police officers, and under the confused eyes of all those watching. Chen was just the last in a long row of would-be jumpers to threaten to kill themselves in that very location since early April, Chinese authorities tell.
“I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests. They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals, Lian was quoted as saying by the China Daily newspaper. Reuters reports that Chen fell about eight meters, but landed directly on a partially inflated rescue mat, wielded by perplexed firemen. He was, however, hospitalized with wrist and back injuries, due to the fact that he also hit the ground to some extent.
The man wanted to kill himself in the first place on account of a building project gone wrong, which made him fall into a two million yuan' ($293,200) worth debt. Authorities were reportedly being insensitive to his situation, and that was what made him resort to the desperate act. In the same spot, on the Haizhu bridge in the Guangzho province, at least 12 people tried to commit suicide over the past two months, the police explains. However, none of them was lent a helping hand by a passer-by, they add.
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The angry passer-by, 66-year-old Lian Jiansheng, a former Chinese soldier, broke through the police barrier and headed towards Chen Fuchao, who was dangling above the pit, holding on to the bridge with just one hand. Lian pretended to want to shake the other man's hand, but pushed him off the bridge instead, in front of the police officers, and under the confused eyes of all those watching. Chen was just the last in a long row of would-be jumpers to threaten to kill themselves in that very location since early April, Chinese authorities tell.
“I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests. They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals, Lian was quoted as saying by the China Daily newspaper. Reuters reports that Chen fell about eight meters, but landed directly on a partially inflated rescue mat, wielded by perplexed firemen. He was, however, hospitalized with wrist and back injuries, due to the fact that he also hit the ground to some extent.
The man wanted to kill himself in the first place on account of a building project gone wrong, which made him fall into a two million yuan' ($293,200) worth debt. Authorities were reportedly being insensitive to his situation, and that was what made him resort to the desperate act. In the same spot, on the Haizhu bridge in the Guangzho province, at least 12 people tried to commit suicide over the past two months, the police explains. However, none of them was lent a helping hand by a passer-by, they add.
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Life is just to short for drama.