[jjakque]

There's also a similar story at cliff 'The Gap' in Sydney. The person known as 'Angel of the Gap' who lived near by often patrol around the area and talk people out of potential suicide [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_(Sydney)

[graeme]

This is wonderful. I posted the zelda link thinking "surely they modelled it after the man in this hacker news story"

But as it happens there are several such examples worldwide to serve as a potential model. A nice glimmer of hope and compassion.