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Video: Firefighters, medics save man during suicide attempt

Quick action from responders save this man's life after he jumps from a building in an apparent suicide attempt

By FireRescue1 Staff

RUSSIA — Video shows firefighters quickly positioning an inflated cushion to break a man's fall after he jumps from the top of a building.

The man is standing at the top of a four-floor building when he quickly jumps, the firefighters getting there just in time to break his fall as the man lands near the edge of the cushion.

Medics rush in, as the man seemingly losses consciousness after the fall, and is strapped to a stretcher and rushed into an ambulance.

It is unclear why the man wanted to take his life and what his current condition is.




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Jim Dillard Jim Dillard Monday, November 05, 2012 11:13:04 AM good job guys and ladies whow saved this guys life.
Tim Alger Tim Alger Monday, November 05, 2012 1:07:19 PM Maybe saved his life! If it was a spinal injury then he's in trouble! Collar? Board?
Tom Sluder Jr. Tom Sluder Jr. Monday, November 05, 2012 7:31:04 PM Very good job to all involved. Saved his life most likely.
Geoffrey Kerns Geoffrey Kerns Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:13:04 PM Hey Comrades, you leave your f&%king spine board and collars at the last call?
Rudy Caparros Sr. Rudy Caparros Sr. Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:24:36 PM WARNING: FIRST RESPONDERS’ use of THE CHLORINE INSTITUTE “C” KIT may cause the catastrophic failure of a chlorine tank car, instantly creating a toxic gas plume with a distance of not less than seven miles. The first mile will have chlorine concentrations of 1,000 ppm, causing death after one or two breaths with no opportunity for escape. To learn more, see PETITION C KIT, click on “First Responder Warnings.”.
Thomas Callaway Thomas Callaway Sunday, December 30, 2012 4:33:41 AM They sure don't watse a lot of time of scene do they. Hell, who needs c-spine immobilization anyway, it's really overrated.

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