[Grimper]

Pfft...some people just don't care about other peoples appointments

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.

[BloodEagle]

I'm probably going to Hell for this, but: 

[Dilmah G]

I see the sense in that

[karajorma]

Well if he hasn't jumped after the first hour, he's probably not going to. So why let him continue to waste everyone's time?

[Kosh]

Could have at least waited until the emergency air cushion finished inflating......

[Scotty]

Then he wouldn't have learned anything.

[Flipside]

That's just......




Hilarious

Sorry.

[Rodo]

He's mentally ill but... well I bet you half the people stuck in the traffic was thinking the same thing

sometimes insane people make the best choices 

[Enigmatic Entity]

This area is not very good for people with any sort of depression. It may increase the suicide rate, if they think that people will just laugh at them when they are depressed. Feel like fuelling the fire any more?

[Blue Lion]

If someone could get close enough to push him, how come no one could get close enough to grab him and drag him off?

[karajorma]

Cause grabbing them is a pretty high risk solution, if you miss, they probably jump.

[Grimper]

This area is not very good for people with any sort of depression. It may increase the suicide rate, if they think that people will just laugh at them when they are depressed. Feel like fuelling the fire any more?

A random forum post will increase the suicide rate?...Ok.....
Worse probably is how I found this...it was on the VIsta sidebar

[redsniper]

Photos in the Beijing Morning Post showed Lai, shoeless and in a T-shirt, saluting after Chen fell.

This was my favorite part.

[karajorma]

I like to imagine him whistling the Dambusters theme as he did it.

[Enigmatic Entity]

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A random forum post will increase the suicide rate?...Ok.....
Worse probably is how I found this...it was on the VIsta sidebar

There would be someone who would suicide because of that.

How long does it take for them to blow up one of those air cushions?

[StarSlayer]

I like to imagine him whistling the Dambusters theme as he did it.

The tune from Bridge over the River Kwai would be my pick.

[Stealth]

those air cushions take 10 hours to inflate.

we can just be thankful that after 5 hrs it had enough air in it to at least dampen his fall slightly.

[Mobius]

OT question:

Why do I see colored posts here?

[colecampbell666]

Because they color them themselves. They haven't made asses out of themselves. Don't start a pissing contest.

[Mobius]

So... only Mobius' posts were pissing people off? The other styles were fine for you?

Good to know.