A TALE OF 2 MINDS.

Watching and waiting for some one to jump from a tall building has added a new dimension to the meaning of spectator sport in Shenyang, China. This desire for such sadistic event is not the domain of any country or culture but there is this general trend where the public seems to have developed a total insensitivity towards savegery and has become extremely callous about suffering. Furthermore, they have progress to a point where there is a need to titillate themselves to a higher and higher intensity of sadism in order to satisfy their desires.
As for the jumper, what could have made someone to change so dramatically, as to make suicide their final option? Suicidal people are (surprise!!) people just like you and me. "They are not weak in their mind nor are they crazy but are suffering from depression". WHO estimates, in the year 2000, approximately 873,000 people died from suicide, and 10 to 20 times more people attempted suicide worldwide. This represents one death every 40 seconds and one attempt every 3 seconds and that 450 million people worldwide are affected by mental, neurological or behavioural problems at any time. Let us learn to watch for warning signs and who knows you may yet save a life of someone close to you.

Spectators Gather to Watch Woman's Suicide Attempt

TAIPEI - On Sept. 17, a woman attempted suicide by threatening to jump from a tall building in Shenyang. During her six hours of refusing the lifeguards' rescue efforts, more than a thousand people gathered on the street to watch the incident.
The report from the Shenyang Chinese Business Morning added that traffic was completely blocked. Drivers were slowing their cars to watch, bike riders hopped off their bikes and locked them on the sidewalk, and walkers came to a stop.
Someone was reportedly selling telescopes to allow the onlookers to zoom in on the scene far above their heads.
The report said that some people brought chairs from their homes to sit on the sidewalk more comfortably. At lunch hour, many skipped their meal in order to keep watching. As one lady in her 50s said, "I'd rather starve and suffer. If I go home, I am afraid I will miss her jumping from the building, and that would be a pity." Others rushed home to grab mineral water and biscuits, and then returned to the scene.
The woman was rescued by two firefighters six hours later. The surrounding crowds dispersed shortly thereafter, and street traffic resumed.

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