"I Thought I Couldn't Just Pass By"…Middle School Girl Embraces Woman About to Commit Suicide

Accompanied Woman After Police Arrival, Returned Home After Confirming Family Contact

On the 8th, Seo Jeong-won, the Superintendent of Gyeongju Office of Education (right), is taking a commemorative photo after awarding an exemplary student certificate to Han Chae-ri, a 3rd-year student at Seorabeol Girls' Middle School. Photo by Gyeongju Office of Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] A middle school student in Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, has become a topic of conversation for saving a woman who was about to make an extreme choice.

According to the Gyeongju Office of Education on the 9th, Han Chaeri, a third-year student at Seorabeol Girls' Middle School in Gyeongju, witnessed a young woman crying and trying to put her foot on the railing while passing through the Hwangseong-dong underpass around 5 p.m. on the 27th of last month.

At that time, several people were crossing the underpass, but no one stopped the woman. The height from the railing to the bottom of the underpass was about 5 meters.

At that moment, Han Chaeri approached the woman. She then asked, "Are you okay?" and comforted her while listening to her story.

Just then, some friends were passing by, and Han Chaeri asked them to report it and held the woman until the police arrived.

Afterwards, Han Chaeri accompanied the woman to the Hwangseong Police Substation of the Gyeongju Police Station, explained the situation, confirmed contact with the family, and then took a police car home.

Upon hearing this news, the Gyeongju Office of Education awarded Han Chaeri a commendation for exemplary student on the 8th.

Han Chaeri recounted the situation, saying, "I thought I shouldn't just pass by when I saw that, so I approached her, listened to the woman who kept saying she wanted to die, hugged her, and helped calm her mind."

Seo Jeongwon, Superintendent of the Gyeongju Office of Education, said, "I applaud the courage of the student who did not pass by but approached first and saved a precious life while walking down the street."

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