To have and to hold on: Bride-to-be attempts suicide in her wedding dress after break-up... but is saved with seconds to spare
Last updated at 11:06 AM on 18th May 2011
Hanging precariously outside a seventh-storey window, this is the dramatic moment a bride-to-be was saved from committing suicide in her wedding dress.
The desperate woman had clambered out on to the window ledge of a residential building in Changchun, Jilin province in China, dressed in a flowing ivory wedding gown.
As horrified onlookers tried to talk her away from danger, the bride-to-be was about to plunge to the floor before being saved by a local community officer.
Desperate: The unidentified bride-to-be hangs from a seventh-storey window after attempted suicide
Residents leaning from surrounding windows were seen staring in disbelief as the unidentified 22-year-old climbed through a narrow window and attempted to throw herself off.
It is thought the suicide attempt from her apartment window was sparked by her boyfriend of four years breaking up with her as they planned to marry.
It is unclear whether the dramatic scenes yesterday took place on the couple's wedding day or during the planning for their nuptials.
She was eventually saved from the terrifying fall when a local community officer, Guo Zhong Fan, grabbed the woman and held her by her shoulders and wedding dress.
A second man was seen clambering out from the window directly below to support the woman's feet and assist her rescue.
Suicidal: The woman perches on the window ledge before being grabbed as she attempts to throw herself off
Rescue: A community officer struggles to pull her upwards to safety back through the open window
Dramatic: Hundreds gathered outside the residential building in Jilin province, north-east China to watch the amazing scenes unfold
Mr Zhognfan, an office director in Changchun's Kuancheng district, held one arm around the woman's neck and another round her shoulders before managing to pull her to safety.
As the dramatic episode unfolded, hundreds had crowded in the street next to the building watching the drama unfold.
Emergency services had managed to put up a soft landing surface underneath her apartment window.
It was reported the woman's rescuer then carried her downstairs where he was met by a retired army officer who told him: 'You must've been a soldier before, thank you, you're a great man!'
The woman herself suffered no major injuries and was driven away in an ambulance.
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