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A young woman is talked off the edge of a bridge when she is considering killing herself.
Lauren Elizabeth, a 23-year-old mother of two from Canterbury, England, told SWNS she was struggling with her mental health ahead of the event.
After finishing a cigarette, Elizabeth stood on an overpass in the town where she and her two children live — and was ready to jump when an off-duty paramedic spotted her.
“He stopped, and I was crying,” he told SWNS of the woman who pulled his car over.
“He said, ‘Are you OK?’ and I said, ‘I’m fine, leave me alone.'”
Elizabeth went on to explain that the off-duty paramedic said she was going to “stop” – and the rest was a blur to her.
Elizabeth said the police showed up and took her to the back of an officer’s car.
“I broke down and told them everything,” he said.
The young mother of two said she went to a flyover in her town and was preparing to kill herself.SWNS
The mother-of-two was taken to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, England, before being transferred to a referral unit where she was further assessed, according to SWNS.
Elizabeth, who lives in Ashford, England, with her two children – aged 6 and 4 – said she owed the paramedics “everything.”
“If it wasn’t for the paramedics who stopped by that night, I wouldn’t have gotten the help I needed or been able to see my children grow up,” she told SWNS.
A 23-year-old mother of two in the United Kingdom credits off-duty paramedics for saving her life.Lauren Elizabeth / SWNS
Elizabeth was able to speak to the paramedic to express her appreciation — saying that if the woman hadn’t shown up and taken the time to talk to her, she wouldn’t be here today.
“There is very little that will change my mind – much less that someone is there,” he said.
Elizabeth says she is in a better place now.
Lauren Elizabeth had been struggling with her mental health at the time and had decided to end her life after finishing her last cigarette. Lauren Elizabeth / SWNS
He hopes others will stop and think next time they see something similar.
“It really helps to know that people care,” she said.
He also said, “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
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