Passer-By Pushes Man Contemplating Suicide Off Bridge in China

[TitsMcGee]

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 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 $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.

Omg this is hilarious.

[jynxxxedangel]

TOOOOO FUNNY.

[Rev.Reverence]

*McCarthur's voice*

G*DLESS COMMIES!

[TygerLili]

Well, now he can add several thousand dollars worth of hospital bills to his debts...

[jynxxxedangel]

Shameless self-pity and attention-seeking, followed by forced base jumping, anyone?

(I'm lampooning Darque Metallion's new thread, btw--just seemed to fit, here)

Edited May 23, 2009 by jynxxxedangel

[Scary Guy]

Fuck yeah, forced Darwinism is awesome. Too bad he survived.

[ttogreh]

Um... fatal forced Darwinism is also known as murder.

Smacking an asshole about for being an asshole is awesome.

[Joey Deadcat]

[Scary Guy]

Um... fatal forced Darwinism is also known as murder.

Um... it's not Darwinism if he doesn't die (or can still reproduce).

Murdering assholes is awesome and all of society benefits from it.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Who decides who the assholes are?

[Azeuron]

Just proof that you have to be careful about what you do because someone usually is having a worse day than you and they might just call your bluff...

[Scary Guy]

Who decides who the assholes are?

Well if I have any say in it, me. Or at the very least people who are less assholes than the majority is.

Asshole = stupid in this case though.

[Slogo]

I never thought I'd say this but...

I'm with Gaf on this one

[Tacohitts]

Murdering assholes is awesome and all of society benefits from it. +1000,000

one less human to feed if it would have gone as he planned

Damn and I could not agree any better

beware of asshole lovers as well,since they

feel sorry for asshole them selves and must be dealt with severely