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2009-05-24 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Hilarious.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-05-24 01:21|| 2009-05-24 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 What a sport.

Posted by Girlthursday 2009-05-24 01:40|| 2009-05-24 01:40|| Front Page Top

#3 There was an inflated bag under the guy he landed on so it might not be that extreme.

Posted by 3dc 2009-05-24 01:43|| 2009-05-24 01:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Back in 1998, somebody closed down the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (along the Washington Beltway south of DC) for 5 hours the same way. The police eventually shot him with a beanbag gun; he then jumped into the Potomac and survived. I just saw a comment on freerepublic.com suggesting that Mr. Lai's action was perfectly understandable.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-05-24 07:16|| 2009-05-24 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 In China, there is a tradition of sensible old people doing the obviously right thing, when nobody else can see it.

Also notice how the old man is 100% pro-government, despite the fact that he lived through the twin disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Never underestimate this.

Posted by gromky 2009-05-24 07:20|| 2009-05-24 07:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember well the incident to which Eric is refering. And, if memory serves, there were more than a few letters to the editor in both the Post and Times suggesting the same treatment of the Wilson Bridge "jumper".

Posted by WolfDog 2009-05-24 10:36|| 2009-05-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 suicide cowards, just get it over with

Posted by 746 2009-05-24 11:19|| 2009-05-24 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Dueling narcissism.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2009-05-24 16:11|| 2009-05-24 16:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Seems the police cordon of the area wasn't all that good.

Wonder if he'll sue the writer of Lethal Weapon.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-05-24 17:11|| 2009-05-24 17:11|| Front Page Top

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