BEIJING – Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.
Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen's "selfish activity," Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area.
"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lai was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."
Xinhua said Lai was "taken away by police" but did not elaborate.
A police officer who answered the telephone Saturday at a station close to the bridge confirmed the incident and said it was under investigation. He refused to give any other details and hung up.
According to Xinhua, Chen wanted to kill himself because he had accrued 2 million yuan ($290,000) in debt from a failed construction project.
On Thursday, he made his way to the Haizhu bridge, where 11 other people have tried to take their lives since April.
Lai volunteered to talk Chen down but was turned away by police, Xinhua said. Lai then broke through the cordon, climbed to where Chen sat, greeted him with a handshake, then pushed.
Photos in the Beijing Morning Post showed Lai, shoeless and in a T-shirt, saluting after Chen fell.
The paper said Lai was released on bail Friday but did not give any details. It said he had been on medication for "a mental illness" for decades and had been on his way to a hospital for his pills.
Chen was recovering in the hospital, Xinhua said.


Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China - Yahoo! News

 

Yeah I saw this a few days ago,
Id be the same, bloody attention seekers(there was a air bag to land on after being there several hours)

 

Good on him!

Does anyone remember that clip where a small Indian boy pushes a young man very nearly off a cliff edge? The screams of terror were real, no doubt ..... I know I shouldn't have laughed, but found it really funny! Anyone got the link?

 

Found it ....

YouTube - Guy Tries to Push Friend From Cliff

Sorry for hijacking thread - but I needed film footage

 

I really don't think that is real

 

I'd rather not try faking it though!

Les

 

lol indeed its not a good friend who would do that to u lol

lets say the dead legs and arms would be repeated daily for that friend

 

I think if that happened in this country he would of been sued for pushing him over for damages!

 

Video of said push .. not graphic but the site can contain links to some .. er interesting material .. No **** or 18+ material I can see at time of posting this !

Suicidal Man Pushed Off Bridge by Impatient Bystander - NothingToxic.com

 

Samaritan FAIL!!

I wonder if he frequents SN? I'm just looking for the rant about condolence threads in his little diatribe!