A thief spent three days clinging onto the
outside of the fourth floor of a hotel building – because he didn’t want to be
arrested and bring shame on his elderly mother.
After he was spotted trying to steal power
cables, he climbed up the outside of the hotel in the Chinese province of
Shenzhen, before sitting on an external air conditioner for 70 hours.
During the ensuing stand-off police and
rescue services stayed around the clock to try and talk him down but he refused
to budge, according to The People’s Daily.
As he dashed up the side of the building
the emergency services, worried that the man was suicidal, set up an inflatable
cushion underneath him to catch him if he fell – only for him to move to avoid
it.
During the stand-off he refused all food
and water, before eventually accepting a bottle of water from a journalist from
the Shenzhen Evening News as a large contingent of local media also gathered to
film the stand-off.
The man then broke down – telling the
reporter he was worried his actions would have embarrassed his 70-year-old
mother, who police then offered to pay for him to visit
After 70 hours on the side of the hotel he
eventually relented and climbed back into the building before being arrested by
the solitary police officer who remained on duty.
In: Global News
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