Five people have tragically drowned after jumping fearlessly into a river to prevent their colleague from committing suicide.
According to China News, the incident took place in Dunhuang city, Gansu province at around 6:45 p.m. on July 17.
Five employees from a local company were sitting around enjoying food
and drink when suddenly one among their group, a 19-year-old girl
surnamed Ma, said that she didn’t want to live anymore and jumped into a
nearby river.
At first she was successfully rescued, with her four colleagues aged between 18-26 pulling her from the water.
After slipping away she dived back into the river and was again
followed by her colleagues and a nearby food vendor who jumped in to
help. Unfortunately the river proved too much for the group and all six
were found to have drowned.
As few Chinese are competent swimmers, this is not the first occasion
on which those leaping into the river to save someone have themselves
drowned. Back in 2014 a woman from Chongqing died after leaping into the Yangtze to try and save her boyfriend who had himself jumped into the river to save his ex-girlfriend.
