Suicide jumper pushed off bridge

[panzerfaust]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Oz)

A man in southern China has been taken into police custody after pushing a would-be suicide jumper off a bridge frequented by people threatening to end their lives, state press reported.

Lai Jiansheng was detained by police for pushing a man named Chen off the bridge in Guangzhou city that has been the site of 12 suicide attempts since the beginning of April, the China Daily said...

"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their actions violate a lot of public interests," the paper quoted Lai as saying.

Lai, upset with the traffic delay, broke through the police cordon on the bridge, walked up to Chen and shook his hand before pushing him off the bridge, it said.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/suicide-jumper-pushed-off-bridge-20090523-biqm.html

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[twitomy]

2. I guess then..

Assisted Suicide is illegal in China...

[No Elephants]

11. Making me laugh about attempted murder to clear traffic is quite a feat.

[twitomy]

24. well, sometimes one just has to give into macbre humor....

[bemildred]

3. If he was pushed, then he is not a jumper or a suicide.

He is a murder victim.

[LostinVA]

4. I agree

[ohio2007]

5. This happened in China

the next step in assisted suicide or just

Chinese "road rage"?

......
Their actions violate a lot of public interests," the paper quoted Lai as saying.

Lai, upset with the traffic delay, broke through the police cordon on the bridge, walked up to Chen and shook his hand before pushing him off the bridge, it said.

....

youth in Asia

[bemildred]

7. Is that what the story says, in China? nt

[ohio2007]

9. Yes, they slipped into the 1st sentence of the 1st paragraph

......

The would-be jumper fell eight meters into a partially-inflated emergency cushion and came away from the incident with his life intact but his back injured, it said.
.....
http://www.smh.com.au/world/suicide-jumper-pushed-off-bridge-20090523-biqm.html

If this happened in Washington state,
I wonder if he would get a lawyer to 'assist' him in a twisted lawsuit ? How would the media cover it ?

[JI7]

6. there was a cushion on the ground so he didn't die

still stupid of the guy to push him.

[bemildred]

8. You are right, should be "attempted murder" victim.

Or something. You can actually sympathize with the pusher a bit, without necessarily approving. Traffic in Asia can be amazing, it's not the first time, it doesn't sound like there was any intent to do great harm. Should drive the judge nuts.

I was just after the headline writer for calling him a "suicide jumper" when he clearly was not.

[ohio2007]

10. "road rage" plays into the subliminal message between the lines of this asian story

[No Elephants]

12. He did not sound penitent later, though.

[jberryhill]

48. I could say something awful here....

But I won't.

[No Elephants]

13. He pushed a guy off a bridge. The story does not say he knew a "partially inflated" cushion

existed, let alone that it would save the guy's life, leaving him "only" with an injured back. (Ever had a back injury? Very painful, sitting or standing, maybe even lying down, and they usually mess up your back for the rest of your life.)

I really don't know how you can reasonably conclude from the article that the pusher was without intent to do great harm.

[bemildred]

15. "Sounds like" is not " conclude".

Do calm down.

[Demit]

16. The story makes the distinction, twice, even if the headline doesn't.

The story calls the man a 'would-be suicide jumper.' Just as, having survived, he now should be called a 'would-be' murder victim.

[bemildred]

17. Yes, the story is quite clear about what really happened. nt

[QueenOfCalifornia]

38. He is recovering in

a hospital... It's nice to read the OP.

[AngryAmish]

14. Van Halen agrees

[jeff30997]

18. "jumpers like Chen are very selfish"

Yeah and Mr Lai is a very generous and compassionate person.:eyes:

[iamthebandfanman]

19. haha i know, he couldnt even wait in traffic...

whos REALLY the selfish one... haha

[JVS]

37. Mr. Lai is a good citizen and cares for the common good. He even offered to talk the man down first

[jberryhill]

40. How Many Lives Were Endangered By The Traffic Back Up?

I'll bet the guy having a heart attack in the back of an ambulance, or the doctor on his way to the emergency rooom shift, might view it differently.

[No Elephants]

49. Maybe the jumper was not an altruist, but Lai has no room to be calling anyone else selfish.

[Tab]

20. As the jumper complained in "The Incredibles"...

after Mr. Incredible saved him mid-air, post-jump...

Mr. Incredible says "Hey! I saved your life!"

The jumper yells back, "You didn't save my life! You ruined my death!"

[knixphan]

26. Just what I was thinking...

[Skittles]

21. that's just plain murder

[DemBones DemBones]

22. Ah, assisted suicide in China.

[AlphaCentauri]

23. Picture

http://english.sina.com/china/2009/0522/243319.html

[jberryhill]

39. I'm sorry

But the salute and the smile afterwards just crack me right up.

See ya' Charlie, don't screw up traffic again.

[tblue37]

46. That smile and that salute! I can believe the reports that Mr. Lai has some mental problems. nt

[Bluebear]

25. Lai sounds very GOP

[Doctor Cynic]

27. China bridge jumper 'gets a push'

Source: BBC

A man threatening to commit suicide by jumping from a Chinese bridge was approached by a passer-by who shoved him over the edge, local media say.

Lai Jiansheng, 66, said he was fed up with the desperate man's "selfish activity" which caused huge traffic jams in Guangzhou, southern China.

Chen Fuchao fell 26ft (8m) on to an air cushion and is recovering in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Xinhua said Mr Lai was "taken away by police", but gave no further details.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8064867.stm

[tj2001]

28. What a heartwarming story

People helping people. Geeez

[Mojambo]

29. Being stuck in traffic is very frustrating.

And those bridge jumpers are kind of drama queens.

[Greyhound]

33. Do you think that your frustration outranks a human life?

Could that be why some of these people jump/threaten to jump in this fashion?

[salguine]

34. I smell sarcasm, Greyhound.

[Mojambo]

35. Your olfactory skills are to be admired.

:toast:

[salguine]

36. My sense of smell is good, too.

[Greyhound]

42. Maybe a bit.

But I do think that too many of us are too absorbed in meaningless distraction to pay attention to what is really important.

How could the state of today have happened if we were paying attention?

[jberryhill]

41. Need a push? /nt

[TankLV]

43. Okaaaaayyyy now...

:popcorn:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

47. Woodrow Wilson Bridge, November 1998...

I will NEVER forget the nearly 3-hour commute home that day (normally took 30 minutes).

Jumper on Bridge Causes Gridlock
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/wilson/wilson110598.htm

"Police said the 32-year-old man, apparently upset because of a domestic dispute, climbed onto the wall at the edge of the span about 1:07 p.m. and told construction workers on the ground below that he planned to jump."

Quite frankly, the thought of pushing him myself crossed my mind. I figured he'd live once he hit the water, which he did. He was immediately fished out of the river by rescue boat workers.

[tiny elvis]

30. Zen master

[imdjh]

31. best response ever nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

32. There was an air bag below, and both the jumper and the pusher

knew it.

I say, more power to him.

[No Elephants]

50. Neither story says that. You're jumping to conclusions.

:ROFL:

[regnaD kciN]

44. "Jump, bitch, jump!" (Seattle, 2001)

It doesn't just happen in China... :-(

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/36928_jump29.shtml

[bitchkitty]

45. Well, at least he shook his hand first.

How many would-be assassins do you know who are that polite? ;)

[No Elephants]

51. That's nothing. From the Mafia, you get a kiss.