Lovelorn man needs rescue after second thoughts about bridge jump

Police and Sawang Boriboon rescuers use rope to pull Sirisak Chanduaykij to safety on the decorative bridge near Pattaya School No. 7.

Theerarak Suthathiwong
A distraught man who thought he wanted to commit suicide had to be rescued after deciding he did want to jump from a Sukhumvit Road pedestrian bridge after all.
Police and Sawang Boriboon rescuers tied a rope around Sirisak Chanduaykij, 21, and pulled him to safety Aug. 5 on the decorative bridge near Pattaya School No. 7. Threatening to jump, he’d dropped down to a support rail then couldn’t return to the platform without help.
Sirisak was upset after a fight with his girlfriend, who didn’t come to see his likely non-fatal plunge from the five-meter overpass. But the excitement did a number on his mother, Nittaya Sriwamna, 40, who required her own medical treatment after fainting.
Nittaya promised to pay closer attention to her lovelorn son from now on.

 

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