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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 24 > Irate passer-by pushes Chinese suicide jumper

Irate passer-by pushes Chinese suicide jumper

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 24, 2009

Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.

Chen fell 26 feet onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived,....

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