In Beijing, a man named Chen Fuchao walked onto a bridge to contemplate suicide, because of a large debt he had incurred from a failed construction project.
After several hours of thinking, a passer-by, 66yo Lai Jiansheng, walked up to him, shook his hand, then pushed him off the bridge.
No, really. He did.
Why?
He said that what Chen, and others like him, was doing was 'selfish behavior'. Thanks to Chen's behavior, traffic had been backed up for 5 hours. Lia felt that jumpers like Chen's actions are 'violations of public interest'.
Lia had originally offered to talk Chen down from jumping but the police turned him away. So, he decided to bust through the barricade, climb up to Chen's perch and push him off. Lia's actions after that seem to look as if Lia thought himself a hero.
"They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals," said Lia as he was being taken away by police.
Fortunately for Chen (or possibly unfortunately), he landed on a partially inflated emergency air cushion 26 feet below. He survived with spinal and elbow injuries.
Why would someone think it is okay to push someone off a bridge - even if he is thinking of jumping himself?
After several hours of thinking, a passer-by, 66yo Lai Jiansheng, walked up to him, shook his hand, then pushed him off the bridge.
No, really. He did.
Why?
He said that what Chen, and others like him, was doing was 'selfish behavior'. Thanks to Chen's behavior, traffic had been backed up for 5 hours. Lia felt that jumpers like Chen's actions are 'violations of public interest'.
Lia had originally offered to talk Chen down from jumping but the police turned him away. So, he decided to bust through the barricade, climb up to Chen's perch and push him off. Lia's actions after that seem to look as if Lia thought himself a hero.
"They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals," said Lia as he was being taken away by police.
Fortunately for Chen (or possibly unfortunately), he landed on a partially inflated emergency air cushion 26 feet below. He survived with spinal and elbow injuries.
Why would someone think it is okay to push someone off a bridge - even if he is thinking of jumping himself?
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