Chinese policeman saves suicidal schoolboy who wanted to ‘Never Grow Old’
Teenager pulled from open window had left note asking for lyrics of gospel song to be carved on his headstone
A police officer in eastern China pulled a teenager from an 18th storey window ledge on Sunday after fearing the boy was about to jump, state media reported.
Fu Guoping, deputy director of police in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, said he and his colleagues responded to a call from a friend of the youngster’s who claimed the boy had posted messages on social media saying he was at home and planning to kill himself, China News Service reported on Wednesday.
When the officers arrived at his flat they found the boy, identified only by his nickname Xiaoxin, sitting on the window sill with his legs dangling outside.
“We tried to communicate with the boy, but he just glanced over at us and refused to speak,” police officer Tao Yiqun was quoted as saying.
Soon after the police arrived, Xiaoxin’s mother returned to the flat. As the boy turned to look at her, Fu saw his opportunity, and grabbed the boy’s arm and pulled him back inside he room.
Police later found a note written by Xiaoxin, that read: “I am sorry. I hope you can carve the lyrics of the English song Never Grow Old on my tombstone. And that’s it.”