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Belts help defuse suicide
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-21 10:37
A group of passers-by rescued a lovelorn woman who had attempted to
commit suicide by jumping into the sea in Xiamen, Fujian Province, by
joining their belts together to make a lifeline.
The woman, surnamed Zhang, had traveled from her hometown in Henan
Province to repair a broken relationship with her former boyfriend.
However, her former boyfriend rejected her, so Zhang jumped into the sea
while they were sightseeing with two other friends. Zhang's friends
immediately jumped into the water to rescue her. Passers-by then linked
their belts together and pulled the woman and her friends out of the
water. Zhang nearly drowned, but is now out of danger.
(Southeast Express)
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