As appaling as this is going to sound, I actually found this article VERY FUNNY INDEED.
I definitely see where Mr. Lai was coming from... all these attention seekers... interrupting the flow of our daily lives with their random bouts of suicides. XD
But until now, I never thought of doing what Mr. Lai did... of course I might have if I have ever seen anybody attempting suicide.
Next time any of you wanna jump off, jump immediately and not sit there for nuts. Another Mr. Lai might come and you might not have the landing pad that Mr. Chen had.
Suicidal man shoved off
Beijing - A Chinese man was pushed off a bridge by an angry passer-by after his threat to commit suicide held up traffic for five hours, Chinese media reported yesterday.
Retired soldier Lai Jiansheng, 66, broke through a police cordon and reached out to shake the hand of would-be jumper Chen Fuchao, before shoving him off the Haizhu bridge in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on Thursday.
Mr Lai made the shocking move after police turned down his offer to persuade Mr Chen to come down, said reports.
'I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests,' Mr Lai was quoted as saying by the China Daily newspaper. 'They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals.'
Mr Chen was threatening to commit suicide because of a two million yuan (S$422,700) debt he incurred over a failed construction project, said media reports.
Mr Lai reportedly claimed he was confident that Mr Chen would land on the emergency air cushion police had placed under the bridge.
Photos published in the Chinese media showed Mr Lai, shoeless and in a T-shirt, saluting after Mr Chen fell. Mr Chen fell 8m onto the emergency air cushion but sustained wrist and back injuries because it was only partially inflated.
The Beijing Morning Post said Mr Lai - who was reportedly apologetic after realising the harm he had caused Mr Chen - was released on bail on Friday. Both men could face charges, said reports.
The paper said Mr Lai had been on medication for 'a mental illness' for decades and was on his way to a hospital for his pills when he witnessed the suicide attempt.
Mr Chen was at least the 12th person since early April to threaten suicide at the Haizhu bridge. Each time, traffic over the bridge was jammed for hours as police officers sought to talk the people out of ending their lives. But none jumped and - until Mr Lai gave Mr Chen a helping hand - none were pushed.
REUTERS, AP
I definitely liked the last paragraph the most..
I feel bad for the guy and his failed project definitely.. and I can see why he would've wanted to commit suicide... however, humanity aside (I can push aside humanity for humans and not animals) it is amusing.
Visited 1Utama today with Claireeey. Needed to get stuff done and we wanted to check out the GAP sale. Lo and behold, GAP sale starts at 6PM. *annoyed*
I set out to buy an envelope, post it, buy the scratch toy for my rabbit's habit, and find a pair of sport shoes. What did I get done? Buy an envelope :) ONLY.
If any of my siblings remember, we're supposed to watch Angels and Demons tomorrow.
Just a subtle and gentle reminder. I'll blast it into their ears tomorrow.
