PHOTOS : Wife Saves Husband From Suicide By Holding Onto His Boxers

A suicidal husband was saved after trying to leap from his bedroom window - when his wife grabbed him by his boxer shorts.

Witnesses say Ling Su clung on single handed for 20 minutes before police and firefighters arrived.


He was dangling from a six-storey apartment in Changchun, Jilin province, northern China.


The door to the apartment was locked, which stopped the emergency services reaching her quicker. 

 

 

'We heard a shout and screaming and there he was dangling from the window with his wife hanging onto his pants,' said one passer by.
               
'She got a stronger hold on his leg and screamed for help.
                                                                    

The woman was forced to get a stronger hold on her husband and had to wait 20 minutes before police or firefighters could get to him

                       

Rescuers managed to pull 45-year-old Wang Li to safety, who is understood to have been depressed about a lack of work

 

 

'We tried to get in to help her but the apartment was locked and we couldn't break down the door,'they added.

Neighbours peered through windows to get a better look at the spectacle. 

Rescuers managed to pull 45-year-old Wang Li to safety, who is understood to have been depressed about lack of work.

(DailyMail)