Beijing China:
Chen Fuchao was depressed about owing some $290,000 after a business venture failed. Because of this he found himself standing on a bridge for several hours vacillating between jump and not jump, when another man walked up to him, shook his hand and pushed him.
66-year-old Lai Jiansheng was pissed at Chen’s “selfish activity” because the police had blocked off the area and traffic had been tied up for at least 5 hours. So he decided to give the man a hand.
“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.”
The paper (Xinhua) said he had been on medication for “a mental illness” for decades and had been on his way to a hospital for his pills.
— Part time crazy, meet full time crazy. —
BTW: He was only 8 meters up and received relatively minor injuries when he landed on a partially inflated rescue bag.
