Suicidal man pushed off the bridge in China (video)

You could say the pusher was...

Pushed to the limit.

 

Hahah

 

You're doing it Wong.

 

That was awesome. I hate these attention whores that go on a power trip and block the whole city from crossing a bridge. Stop talking and jump already, suicide guy.

 

No kidding. The traffic in China is probably bad enough without this guy holding people up and making things worse. That's how you negotiate.

 

lol.. crazy stuff... i wonder if that guy is still suicidal or if he's upset he didn't get killed? your natural instinct when pushed like that is fear...

 

Oh. I was expecting a death at the end. It would've been funny.

 

'Oh, a 26 foot bridge - this should be perfect for suicide.'

 

*Note to self. Do not negotiate when attempting suicide in China.

 

...in China.

 

I thought that was intentional, you don't want to bounce that guy off the air mat.

I remember when I first read the news a couple days ago, that old man was arrested afterwards and the guy who attempted suicide was mad at the old man and said he was going to sue the old man for trying to murder him.

 

Two wongs don't make it right.

 

Props to the old dude for having the guts to do that.

Seriously, don't waste taxpayers money and mess up everyone else's life just because you're being emo.

 

wait wait wait

what

the cops just pulled a random stranger aside and said, hey go try to convince that dude from jumping, if you can't convince, push him?!

even if the old guy decided to push him off on his own.......

oh well

 

We could all use a little help from time to time.

 

Dude, this is awesome. one thing America could learn from China.

 

What exactly happened to the old man?

There was nothing wrong with his actions. Go up to him; push him towards the inflated mat.

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...ake-2-and-then-pushes-him-off-the-bridge.html

<b>Passer-by gives suicidal man handshake — and then pushes him off the bridge
Associated Press

Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:46 p.m. MDT </b>

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.