I read in NST this morning that operations commander C. Kesaven has become a hero for saving a woman who threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a building from the third floor and who slipped and fell instead.

Do you notice that people who threaten to commit suicide actually die not because they want to die but by accident, like a slip? This woman is lucky that Kesavan dashed forward to break her fall but I think that everyone should know that committing suicide is NEVER a way out of life's troubles. That's why religion is so important.

Anyway, I find it very odd that firemen are always called for all the wrong reasons, like preventing suicides or saving cats that got stuck in trees or roofs. Are these really part of their jobs or is it because they have tall ladders?

Also, I wonder why even after FIFTY minutes, the firemen did not manage to put up safety nets and foam on the ground in case she really jumps.

Source: NST