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In Harbin city, a middle-aged woman was upset over economic issues such as the number of years that she was credited with working, her insurance coverage and so on.
At 9:50am on July 6, she took off her clothes (except for her panties) and climbed up a 30-meter tall smoke stack at number 83, Huaihe Road, Nangang district, Harbin city. The police, the fire department and the media went to the scene.
When the reporter arrived at 10:50am, she was yelling at the people gathered underneath. First, her younger brother got on the fire truck ladder to talk to her. He told her not to do anything stupid. But she was not listening. When the ladder began to edge near her, she screamed: “Don’t you come near! If you come any closer, I will jump!” So the ladder was brought down. Meanwhile the fire fighters set up an air mattress underneath.
After a while, her son was sent up on the ladder, but she also refused to come down. Finally her sister went up with fire fighters. After some more talking, she calmed down. Slowly and steadily, the fire fighters transferred her over to the ladder. By 12:50pm, she was successfully rescued and sent to the Harbin Number One Hospital for examination.
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