Today’s lesson: If you’re gonna kill yourself, do it quickly. Nobody wants to be inconvenienced as you waffle about such an important decision… especially if you’re standing atop a bridge, causing traffic to grind to a halt beneath you.
Today’s other lesson: If you’re going to “help” someone with their decision as to whether or not to kill themselves, be polite about it.
That’s exactly what 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng did after Bejing resident Chen Fuchao climbed atop a bridge and contemplated jumping, causing the span to be shut down and traffic to be backed up for nearly five hours.
Approaching the wishy-washy jumper, Jiansheng shook the man’s hand… and then gave the guy a shove off the bridge!
“I pushed him because jumpers like Chen are very selfish,” he told reporters. “Their action violates a lot of public interest. They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities’ attention to their appeals.”
The jumper-turned-pushee fell onto a partially-inflated pad being set up by authorities, suffering non-fatal injuries.
The ironic twist to this tale? The pusher has an unspecified “mental illness” and was on his way to the hospital… to get a refill on his happy pills.
