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Wednesday 29 May 2013

Chinese teenager jumps from third-floor window in suicide bid after discovering her boyfriend is married


She clambered out onto a metal pole and told onlookers she was going to jump
A Chinese teenager who jumped from a third-floor window in a suicide bid after learning that her boyfriend is married was saved by a giant pillow. 
The 19-year-old Chinese woman threatened to launch herself from the building after discovering her partner had a wife and a ten year old child. 
She clambered out onto a metal pole and threatened to jump.
Despite attempts to talk her down from the ledge in an apartment block in Hangzhou, capital of eastern China's Zhejiang Province, she thew herself from the block.

A 19-year-old Chinese woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a building after learning that her boyfriend was actually married
A 19-year-old Chinese woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a building after learning that her boyfriend was actually married
She threatened to launch herself from the building after discovering her partner had a wife and a ten year old child
She threatened to launch herself from the building after discovering her partner had a wife and a ten year old child

She clambered out onto a metal pole and told onlookers she was going to jump
Firefighters tried to talk her down as an air cushion was set up beneath her. However, despite pleas from firefighters the woman jumped
Firefighters tried to talk her down as an air cushion was set up beneath her. However, despite pleas from firefighters the woman jumped
But meanwhile firefighters had set up a massive air cushion below and the woman landed safely, escaping uninjured. 
It is unclear whether the woman has intended to reach the pillow or if she had launched a genuine attempt on her life.
Luckily, she landed on the air cushion and was unhurt
Luckily, she landed on the air cushion and was unhurt
It is unclear whether the woman has intended to reach the pillow or if she had launched a genuine attempt on her life
It is unclear whether the woman has intended to reach the pillow or if she had launched a genuine attempt on her life
It is unclear whether the woman has intended to reach the pillow or if she had launched a genuine attempt on her life
The air cushion measures roughly 6 metres by 7.5 metres and 2.75 metres high, and is capable of absorbing the shock of a body falling from 10 floors.
From June 2005 to May 2012 an average of 17 emergency incidents a month across China required cushions, which can be inflated in a minute.

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