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 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.“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.”
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.
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Talk about culture shock. lol
I agree with Lai Jiansheng.
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same here usually. sometimes though people are just asking for help.