The rescue of the lamenting bride
The rescue of the lamenting bride Her fiance dumped her and married someone else days before their planned wedding. She had been sobbing on a ledge for awhile before she jumped so some people had amassed, and when she actually jumped an officer was able to reach out a window and catch her, and then others were able to help. In 2011, photographer Li Yang captured the dramatic rescue of a 22-year-old woman from a seventh-floor window in Changchun, China. According to reports published at the time, the young woman was distraught after the end of a four-year relationship and had reportedly been preparing for marriage. She remained outside the window for more than an hour as police and local community officials attempted to persuade her to come back inside. When she eventually went over the edge, a community officer positioned at the window above managed to grab her upper body, while another rescuer reached from the apartment below and caught her legs. Suspended between the two floors, she ...