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China Daily via Reuters
A 22-year-old woman in a wedding gown is grabbed by Guo Zhongfan, a local community officer, as she attempts to kill herself by jumping out of a seven-story residential building in Changchun, Jilin province, China on May 17. According to local media, the woman tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend of four years broke up with her, just as they were making plans to get married. The woman did not sustain any injuries during the incident.
Dressed in her wedding gown, a college student identified only as Miss Li climbed out on the window ledge of the building in Changchun city in northeast China.
According to local TV, the 22-year-old sobbed and swung her legs out the window for about an hour before police officers arrived.
Li said she could not live with the fact her fiancé had left her and married another woman just days before their wedding, local TV said.
China Daily via Reuters
The woman sits on a windowsill before attempting to jump.
Reuters reported that the woman lived on the fourth floor of the building but made her way to another apartment upstairs.
As dozens of people looked on, authorities arrived at the seventh-floor dwelling determined to prevent Li from taking her own life.
Television footage showed a local official named Guo Zhongfan holding Li by her neck and arms as she dangled above the street.
China Daily via Reuters
From left: Guo Zhongfan grabs hold of the woman; other people assist from below; the woman is pulled inside the building.
Changchun Television said she pushed herself off the ledge before she was grabbed by Guo. A man in the apartment below assisted in the rescue by reaching out the window and pushing Li’s feet up.
The crowd gathered below applauded Guo after the woman was pulled back inside.
"I did what anyone would have done," Guo told reporters.
Li was later taken to hospital.
A community officer pulled a 22-year-old woman to safety after she threatened to jump out of a building in China because her boyfriend married another woman. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
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I am glad they saved her. She is a beautiful young lady with her whole life ahead of her - and it would be foolish to throw it away over some guy who left her just before their wedding. I hope they get her back on her feet and living / enjoying life again ASAP. She should not waste it over a guy that is not worth it.
They really did not save her - Aceman - she would have never jumped in the first place. If they would have just waited she would have come back in on her own - right around dinner time.
What the hell is wrong with who ever was reporting this?What are you some kind of Ghoul?YOUR DISGUSTING.I find these pictures of this poor woman HORRIFIC!You are making this some kind of circus.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO RECORD SOME DESPONDENT POOR WOMAN GOING TO HER DEATH?you have to record a blow by blow situation of someone trying to die?
Unfreaking believable, and SHAME ON THE IDIOTwho sent this news story out.You must really love thriving on peoples misery. Way to go you ignorant Fool.
You used a pseudo name, but her face was plastered all over the place.to me you're as bad as the ass hole who jilted this poor woman.
I'm glad she was saved. However this is not news worthy with pictures like that plastered all over the freaken world.
No man is worth dying for,not like this, and not in this manner. I hope she can get help to get her life back on track.I also hope the piece of CRAP who jilted her has a miserable marriage.SHAME ON HIM TOO.
Again this irresponsible journalism, i don't care who the hell you are.
And yet YOU clicked on the PHOTOBlog of the event.
Yeah hello, i happened to stumble on it.
My God - this is SO sad. She is so beautiful, yet so broken inside, to consider taking her life. He did the ultimate cruel thing. Wishing people would not treat each other in this fashion. I TRULY hope she will soon see her worth, and that she will rise above this and NEVER think of taking her life again, no matter what curve ball is thrown at her. Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem.
I don't believe the rescue pictures. Take a look at the first one in the series of three. Is she hanging from her neck?
Man she's Hot, Marry me Ms Li, Ill bring u to america.
She really is hot.
This is an extremely beautiful young woman who has been terribly wronged........I wish her well.
Poor Sweetie. For those of you who scoff, you can put away your self-righteous, finger-pointing attitudes. Maybe relationships aren't your weak/soft spot. But what about your career? Family? Money? Reputation? Health? Are you saying even the slightest thought of jumping would never cross your minds if any of these things were suddenly and cruelly taken from you? We're human and we're all weak, some more than others. Not so fast, hypocrites! No, this prick that she was engaged to isn't worth jumping over. No one is. But please- lend some compassion here.
The looser was the bride who ended up with the jerk. Before her life is over she will wish she was the one who was jolted. The groom is a coward. Is this how the Chinese deal with their women? No integrity and lack of honesty. Gee, must have learned that from the country's leaders.
None of us know "The rest of the story". my first reaction to these pictures was one of compassion for another very sad human being regardless of her race. I hope all of those who expressed derogatory statements have at least one really hard thing to face in life and perhaps develop some empathy for others !!
Good work Officer Guo... I hope she will be OK, no one is worth taking your life over.
Girl you are way to hot to worry about him. Marry me.
Is that a nip slip???
It appears from the photos that this woman really loved the man she thought she was going to marry so it couldn't have been Newt Gingrich!
With all the chinese men in that country that are single, why doesn't she just go find someone else. Or better yet, start her own life and career. We raise our young girls with the idea that if you are not married, you are nothing. What a load of BS. There are way too many mouths to feed in the World as it is. We just can't keep overpopulating this Planet and not consider the consequences until we run into another food crisis. She should be grateful the jerk married someone else. He will probably not be faithful to his new wife either and she will life a very depressing and lonely life as he is out all the time bonking some other chick. She saved herself from a life of misery, trust me. Once a cheater, ALWAYS a cheater!!!!!
The woman should consider herself better off because now she doesn't have to marry the @!$%#. I wish her the best.
Watching those pictures is heartbreaking. My heart just goes out to her, because we all know what heartbreak feels like. Most of us don't end up trying to actually carry out the act, but, I believe very few of us escape feeling like we want to commit suicide at some point in our lives. Incredible heroics to save her! Hopefully, in time she will come to understand that everything happens for a reason, and that good things are in her future.
That she was wearing her wedding dress is what really got me with this. She looks so beautiful, but, you can see the heartbreak on her face. What a sweetheart...
The problem Sifu is this gal was not suicidal at all! This was just a play for attention on her behalf in an attempt to show her "boyfriend" how hurt she was at what he had done. For all we know - this gal could be the nut case and thinking she was suppose to marry this guy and he was not even aware of it. LOL
I have little patience or sympathy for people who call themselves committing suicide in public - because most of them have no such intention - they are just seeking attention wrapped in drama - just as this gal. Wearing a wedding dress............that is just absolutely silly.................dangling her legs out of the window for over an hour!!! Are you kidding me..........she NEVER had the mind set to commit suicide. Probably looking at a clock the entire time saying - "I wonder when they are going to come and rescue me?"
Those individuals who waste taxpayer dollars on their stupid public antics - should be held accountable and pay for all services provided - including any damage to property! If any one should have a law like this - it should be China! I would enjoy being the judge - she would have more to worry about than that stupid "suicide" performance she put on after I finished delivering hefty fines that would dent the pocket books of everyone on the westside of China!
Layoff of Sifu! He is exactly right!!! This woman is nothing but a big DRAMA QUEEN - and she was hoping to do nothing more than attempt to get a rise out of the guy she lost - I hope he did not see any of it and was out with his new wife at a party! They should charge her for wasting the taxpayer dollars and any damage to property - I see they broke a window. She has a lot of nerve! These pretend suicide people should be punished and pay back the city for any services provided!
If she really wanted to kill herself - she would not have been out in public so that everyone can see and watch and observe her distress and unhappiness! BALONEY!
Those that suck up city resources on their little antics should be held accountable!!! Nothing but a DRAMA QUEEN looking for attention!
Thank you for your heartfelt sympathy and understanding, Segdirb.
Everyone is different, Sifu. I have sympathy for this woman. You, Segdirb and some others apparently do not.
Layoff of Sifu?Now why's that?Oh i know why.Because he loves to stick his foot in his Biiiiiiiig Mouth, and kicking himself in the ass. That's why!
What are you a desciple of his or something?It won't be long when you'll be doing the very same thing.
Segdirb & Sifu - this is your mother. How many times have I told you that you are not to be on the computer when I'm not there? Now, go & brush your teeth or you'll be late for school. Oh, and I'm telling your father about this.
oh yeah and what toy is that?
I suspect that the only toys Sifu has are sex toys - since I can't imagine any woman would want to have sex with him, unless he paid for it.
Damn girl you got your own issues. It sounds and looks like you were deprived of attention as a child. What happened ma & pa ignored you and paid more attention to your younger and much prettier sister? If you are married "which I doubt" seems like he got a pretty bitter cup of tea.... Its obvious that since she is completely out the window and the only thing preventing her from falling is that initially the guy has his arm around her neck and then just pulling her up by the arms. You seem jealous whats the matter no one ever ask you to marry them? or were you just the local pin cushion? Either way you spin wild stories completely ignoring the facts and fabricating stories without any thing to support your claims except your twisted thoughts. You seem to be quite the drama queen yourself!
Sorry Seg didn't mean to give you that thumbs up it was an accident I was trying to hit the reply when the curser moved so don't think that anyone was supporting your comment, OK ;-)
How many billions of people are there in the world? One jerk is not worth losing your life over.
Ms. Li could not have had more artistic photos taken of her in any Chinese portrait studio. And I've used them before, they are much better than American ones (although they put the most nonsensical phrases in them).
She's kinda hot. Kinda nuts, but still kinda hot. She'll find someone else, and with all the publicity, it won't take long at all.
Nobody, and I mean nobody is worth killing yourself over!! I can't judge either the man or the woman in this case, cause I do not have all the facts. I hope the young lady gets the help she deserves to get her life back on track.
The fact of the matter is there another human being, regardless of where she is located, that is obviously feeling great pain here and right now she needs help. Regardless of what led her to this point in her life - she needs help right now.
I for one hope that she gets the proper care she needs and thankfully the people were there to save her. Suicide hurts more people than the original person feeling the pain.
yeah a lot of these comments are pretty sorry but if you were in her shoes you people would be saying a lot different things the way i look at it your together for four years you are already married and you commit adultery you should got to jail their shore would be a lot less guys and girls out their cheating .
Everytime I try to watch something on video on MSNBC I get this stupid add playing for Exxon with some exec trying to sell me a bill of goods. Is there anyone else sick of seeing this. This is a news page and I dont want to see comercials evertime I look at a video. I for one am pledging to not purchase any good or service from any comercial seen on MSNBC. Is there anyone esle sick of this as well?
lol- I keep my sound off and multi-task. Very effective. I never watch those ads. I couldn't tell you what any of them are for. If I want to hear something, I turn the sound on, but I don't let random web sites inflict a soundtrack on me.
Well Sifu go ahead and bend over I am so sick of the Exxon add that I will buy Shell. This add is completely overdone. We are customers, customers have power. If you dont want to excert your power than fine, take the pablum that is fed you.
everthing made in China,,too late to buy American,,we've sold our souls
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My whole point here is to put MSNBC on notice that if your going to show me news I dont want to see the same add over and over inbetween each video. Not trying to change the world, only MSNBC way of portraying it.
Two bullets dodged: He dodged her crazy, she dodged his cheating.