A man in eastern China who threatened to jump off a building nearly fell unintentionally after he had heatstroke and fainted when sitting on edge of a roof, according to a newspaper report.
The man had threatened to kill himself as he was in a dispute over covering his medical expenses after a work-related injury, the Modern Express reported.
The man perched on the side of the building. Photo: Sina.com.cn
The man, who was not named, warned he would jump off a warehouse in a county near Suzhou in Jiangsu province.
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He was sat with one leg dangling over a parapet as rescuers approached on the rooftop and firefighters put an inflatable mattress below in he case jumped.
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While rescuers were trying to talk the man out of suicide last Wednesday, he showed symptoms of heatstroke and his movements became unstable, the report said.
