BANGKOK, Dec 18 (TNA) – Students, who saved a Chinese tourist from his suicide attempt will be given certificates of merit from their school tomorrow.
Director of Wat Sutthiwararam School, Aree Weeracharoen said a group of 10 students successfully stopped the Chinese tourist from committing suicide near the Taksin bridge in Bangkok yesterday.
He said he praised the students personally and the school will give them certificates tomorrow as they use their Chinese language skill to help people.
The students are members of the secondary school’s student committee. They were busking to collect donation to fund the school’s Suthi Music Awards when they met the Chinese man, who gave them money twice.
They said the amount of about 1,500 yuan was too much for them, so they followed him to return the money. He then gave them his mobile phone, cried and showed a sign of his intention to commit suicide.
As they have learned the foreign language in school, they could console him in Chinese. After that, a Chinese speaking passer-by came to help before the police arrived to handle the situation.
The Chinese man told police he had attempted to commit suicide once before he met those students.
The students have been widely praised after their story was shared online. (TNA)
