Korean Man Takes Ex-Girlfriend Hostage and then Survives After Jumping Off Apartment Building
This guy is lucky to be alive and will likely be spending some time in jail for surviving this fall:
![An inflatable jump bag is set up in front of an apartment building in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, on Monday after a man started engaging in a standoff while holding his ex-girlfriend hostage at knifepoint. [NEWS1]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/12/11/722d3a9f-8631-4022-9996-2cad04d4ed76.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
An inflatable jump bag is set up in front of an apartment building in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, on Monday after a man started engaging in a standoff while holding his ex-girlfriend hostage at knifepoint. [NEWS1]
A man in his 20s, who had been holding his ex-girlfriend hostage at knifepoint on Monday, jumped off an apartment building from a staircase between the sixth and seventh floors of the building.
According to South Gyeongsang police, the incident took place in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, at around 2 p.m.
The man engaged in a four-hour standoff with the police before jumping from the building.He struck an exterior structure of the apartment on the third floor before landing on an air mattress laid on the first floor.
Joong Ang Ilbo
He was taken to a hospital by first responders.
The police said that the man was undergoing court proceedings for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
You can read more at the link.
“He went through six stories and ended up limp on a matress.”
The exciting conclusion of a police standoff?
…or…
The best way to enjoy Penthouse Forum?
You decide.
As he allegedly told the ex-girlfriend:
According to Wikipedia:
In Korean, the idiom “잘 나가다가 삼천포로 빠진다”, literally “Was going well but suddenly slips into Samcheonpo,” means that a speaker has gone off-topic.
I wonder if the unfortunately gormless kidnapper was related to one of our trolls?
The 6th floor is supposedly the absolute minimum for suicide. Can’t recall the source but read that somewhere. Not that I’d want to test that theory from the fifth floor or anything.