Firefighter Dramatically Grabs Suicidal Woman Before She Jumps from Bridge in Miryang
Good on this firefighter for saving the life of this woman who really wanted to die. Hopefully she gets the treatment she clearly needs:
Kim Chan-soo with the Gimhae Seobu Fire Station pulled the woman to safety from Samrangjin Bridge as she was trying to jump after taking sleeping pills.
Kim was driving over the bridge to go to work in another city and came across the woman sitting at the side of the bridge. She was taking pills and bleeding from her arms and legs.
Kim approached the woman and found she was taking sleeping pills.
Kim removed the pills from her mouth and tried to calm her, then calling the 119 emergency service.
But when Kim went to move his car, which had been blocking traffic on the bridge, the woman climbed over the handrail. She was caught by Kim narrowly before falling from the bridge and was pulled up.
The woman reportedly was found to have consumed 20 pills and three bottles of soju, and was receiving treatment at a hospital.
Korea Herald
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Before we honor him as a life-saving hero or charge him with kidnapping and unlawful confinement, we must determine if he supports Trump.
On Day 9 of my 2020 walk along the Four Rivers trail, I passed a bridge with a bunch of signs on it, all encouraging people not to commit suicide. The bridge was fairly low to the ground, so anyone wanting to jump would have had to find a different bridge, but the signs were a little haunting. See my post here; scroll down a ways to see the bridge and signs that I’m talking about.
In cases like this, the suicidal person often takes a rescuer with them. I imagine the fireman had some training to avoid being a victim.
I would never have grabbed her.
I would have used my world-class negotiating skills to resolve the situation in the most favorable way.
“I realize you have personal problems and mental issues. And I realize that somehow and in some way, ultimately, the money I pay in taxes will be squandered trying to manage the unmanageable and solve the unsolvable. Let’s move a little further down the bridge over that rocky outcropping.”
And here I thought you would be the one offering her a job…