r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ImaginaryChefLouie12 • Aug 13 '21

Firefighter snatches suicide jumper out of mid air

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u/AdoIfTickler Aug 13 '21 edited 28d ago

If that’s in America that poor firefighter is getting sued to fuckkkk

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u/Liepuzieds Aug 13 '21

This is in Latvia, the uniform says "Ugunsdzēsējs" on the back, which, obviously, means firefighter in Latvian.

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u/I-Miss-My-Kids Aug 13 '21

Is there something prominent about suicide in that area? I read that Lithuania has the highest suicide percentage in the world. whats up over there?

  • an american

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u/type_III_supernova Aug 13 '21

Lithuanian over here. What's up is that ussr happened. A therapist once told me that my whole generation was screwed up by parents who themselves were raised in a soviet way. Mental health care simply didn't exist. The default approach to any mental health issue was to hide it. Problems at work? Don't talk about it, just drink. Domestic abuse? Hide it. School bullying? Well yeah everyone gets bullied. Your kid's different from the others? Your problem.

It's different now, but we're still living the consequences.

That, and the fact that for some reason our government decided not to lie on suicide statistics.