Passer-by pushes would-be suicide jumper off bridge; China
 

(CNN) -- A passerby pushed a would-be suicide jumper off a bridge in southern China because he was angry at the jumper's "selfish activity," Chinese media reported Saturday.

It happened Thursday in the city of Guangzhou as Chen Fuchao threatened to jump off Haizhu Bridge, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

The bridge has gained a "macabre" reputation with 11 jumpers having thrown themselves off the bridge since the start of April, Xinhua said.

Traffic was held up for nearly five hours and a crowd gathered as Chen sat on the bridge, threatening to jump, Xinhua reported.

Chen wanted to kill himself because he had 2 million yuan ($294,000) in debt after a failed construction project, Xinhua reported.

Lian Jiansheng, 66, who was passing by the bridge, offered to talk Chen down, Xinhua said. Police refused, but Lian broke through the police cordon and climbed to where Chen was sitting.

Lian greeted Chen with a handshake, then pushed him off the bridge, Xinhua said.

Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially-inflated emergency air cushion, damaging his spine and elbow in the fall, Xinhua said. He is now recovering in a hospital.

A photographer documented the sequence of events. The photographs show Lian, dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and socks, saluting to the crowd after pushing Chen off.

"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lian told Xinhua. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."

Police took Lian away after the incident, Xinhua said. It did not say whether he would face any charges.

hahahahha
thats fucking hilarious

LOL....he got PWNED!!!!!:haha::haha::haha:

LOL awesome

only reason he did it was becuase the balloon was there... or at least i hope so

lol that guy is 66 and he spider manned up there like what.

the spot where the jumper is sitting at doesnt seem that far high off the ground.
at most he'll get a few broken bones.

note to potential bridge jumpers, if ur gonna jump, choose a place high enough that when u land, u actually fking die, AND, just fking jump, dont make a scene, if ur waitting and makeing a scene, then ur not ready to jump yet, come back when ur ready.

^ thats true so many people just do it to amke a scene and get attention and never end up jumping just cause hours and hours of traffic congestion.

Hahaha, that's awesome.

In all seriousness, fuck that guy for just sitting up there. Get on with the suicide already...no one cares. People don't want to be held up in traffic.

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for the old man

now if only there was a lot more people like him ...

Justice is served.

i lol'd.

hard kore!

hahhahaha

this is how i feel about those high school bitches wearing TNA shit and acting all sutty
i wanna stick my dick up their asses and teach them a lesson

you and me both

HAHAH negotiations at its finest.

But honestly,
what kind of cop training is that. Just let any bystander go up without training and negotiate.

are you sure you are not just horny?

:haha:

its china ... the cops probably jus want the old man to do their dirty work so they can go home and eat dinner

^that could actually be true hahaah

Still man haha is there no accountablity lol.
How you gonna tell your Sergeant..."uhhhh we gave him a badge on the spot..yea"
lol

Article says the old man pushed his way through after police refused.

greeted with a handshake then pushed him off? HAHA