A few life-saving words.
Seven crucial words saved a suicidal man who was stopped by a pair of 12-year-old boys as he threatened to jump from a bridge.
According to The Hertfordshire Mercury, the man, who is in his 20s, attempted to jump from the bridge in Waltham Cross Hertfordshire, England, until the two young boys stopped him.
A third rescuer, 47-year-old Joanna Stammers, told the paper that she had heard one of the boys say to the man as they held on to him for dear life:
Please don’t do this, I am young.
Stammers continued to tell the paper about how the two boys began their heroic task in saving the male who was later admitted to hospital.
“I saw these two little boys hanging on to him and leaning back with all their weight so I rushed over and put my hands through the rail to put the man into a kind of arm lock.
“The boy relaxed when I took over but he was distraught, I kept thinking he needs counselling because he had somebody’s life in his hands and if he let go he would have died.
“The man just didn’t want to live anymore, he was crying and I said to him ‘please don’t do this to us’ and he said ‘then go and just leave me’.”
If you are feeling upset or depressed, you are not alone.
There are many people and organisations out there who will do their utmost to get you the help you need.
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