Popular Post webfact Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 On August 3rd at 3:30 am, Pattaya City Police were alerted about a distressed foreigner, threatening to leap from an 8-storey condo situated in Wat Boonkanjanaram Soi, Moo 12, Nong Prue Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province. Rescuers and Pattaya's Sawang Boriboon Foundation rushed to the scene. The man, identified as Mr. Heinz, 60, created tense moments as he was seen pacing on the balcony of the 8th floor. At times, he threw items downstairs and even sipped beer, reported Siam Rath. Picture: Siam Rath An air cushion was deployed at ground level, and negotiators tried to calm him. The ordeal, which lasted nearly 6 hours, saw Heinz eventually stripping and shouting incoherently. Preliminary information suggests personal distress and possible legal issues in his home country. Picture: Siam Rath The situation escalated when Heinz moved to the 7th floor with a long stick. A nearby foreign resident managed to grab Heinz's attention, and, seizing the opportunity, pulled him to safety, earning applause from onlookers. Heinz was later sent to Bang Lamung Hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Top Picture: Siam Rath -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2023-08-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mania Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately? 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 Damned foreigners! 1 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skipalongcassidy Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 Let him jump... that's what he wants... 1 2 8 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 38 minutes ago, mania said: Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately? Silly season....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
save the frogs Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 the dark side of pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said: Let him jump... that's what he wants... It is plain to see that the man was on some kind of a 'high' and not in full control of his faculties to be doing that. 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 The further treatment will sound like a call to Lufthansa ???? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 minute ago, retarius said: Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? Too much alcohol and other substances so readily available...... a few broken hearts and many drawn here to escape a mundane existence back home. Depression and alcohol are a bad mix.... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Wonder if this is the same foreigner that was going around massage shops on Wednesday belting the massage ladies ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, retarius said: Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? Lots of people all over the world think sometimes about suicide. And then most of these people in most locations in this world have to think about how they will kill themselves. That takes time and maybe (trying to) buy poison or a weapon. In Thailand the next high building with low balcony is never far. There are only minutes between the desire and the action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, retarius said: Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? Thailand leads southeast Asia with suicides. Almost 5000 a year. And one psychiatrist per every 250,000 people doesn't help much. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, retarius said: Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? The world does. Crazy politicians make life bad. Fish rots from head down 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Zioner Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, webfact said: Preliminary information suggests personal distress and possible legal issues in his home country. How about Thai food? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
save the frogs Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 49 minutes ago, retarius said: Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya? Is it such an awful place that you have to get away immediately....or does Pattaya cause depression among impressionable young men? a lot of people blow their life savings in the bars/girl scene in pattaya? these incidents don't seem to happen in other parts of thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, save the frogs said: a lot of people blow their life savings in the bars/girl scene in pattaya? these incidents don't seem to happen in other parts of thailand. Phuket Samui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextG Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 hours ago, mania said: Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately? Don’t believe everything that you read.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, ezzra said: It is plain to see that the man was on some kind of a 'high' and not in full control of his faculties to be doing that. He was full of beanz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 A German man was rescued after spending over eight hours on a condo balcony in #Pattaya yesterday afternoon, shouting, acting erratically, and stripping naked. His wife blamed his behaviour on heavy marijuana use and stress but police were skeptical of this claim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post redwood1 Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 Yep looks like we have another WEED addict here.... 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredwiggy Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 Just now, redwood1 said: Yep looks like we have another WEED addict here.... I'm guessing this is sarcasm, as weed doesn't have you do things like this unless you are also suffering from some mental condition. Depression can do this, where some lose care about everything and can do some very strange things. I, and hundreds of others I've known, have smoked weed and never did anything like this. On the contrary, it makes you relax and think good things usually. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Well at least he was not throwing T.Vs and Fridges out the balcony and putting others in danger,,,, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 5 hours ago, mania said: Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately? Maybe he heard German women were eliminated in group stage at World Cup? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 7 hours ago, webfact said: An air cushion was deployed at ground level, I wonder if he jumped from that height , hit the bag and bounced up and hit the balcony above and died if that would be suicide, accidental death or manslaughter ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I don't get this 'threatening' to jump business. If you're going to jump then do it. If not, then stop wasting everyone's time. Make your mind up. Think about it before you climb out onto a balcony, not after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: I don't get this 'threatening' to jump business. If you're going to jump then do it. If not, then stop wasting everyone's time. Make your mind up. Think about it before you climb out onto a balcony, not after. Look up a few articles on depression, since it's obvious you don't understand what they go through. Even I, who have been studying it for the last 25 plus years, still can't put myself in their shoes to understand how they're feeling. It's not something you want to have, and it isn't their fault. They're not trying to get attention if they're depression is hitting them, but trying to end the pain, and some are still wanting to live, so they're caught in the middle. Over thinking is a huge symptom and it has you do things you wouldn't ordinarily do. This appears to be the case here. He might have more than just depression also. His wife hasn't the slightest idea what's going on in his head, as he probably acts normal much of the time. It's an inner conflict that sometimes you lose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Myran Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said: Let him jump... that's what he wants... What an absolutely disgusting comment. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, fredwiggy said: they're caught in the middle That's why I wrote make your mind up before going onto the balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredwiggy Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said: That's why I wrote make your mind up before going onto the balcony. They can't. and go by what they're feeling at the time, which sometimes leads them into bad situations or a final one. My best friend , who had a great wife, nice rental house, job, hobbies, playing drums, hockey, dog, nice family, many friends, put a hose into the back of his van from the exhaust, and went to sleep, forever. He was always the class clown (Robin Williams), and tried to make people laugh. When I would go to his house at midday, his mom said he was still sleeping (major symptom if done a lot). He self medicated, like a lot of us, but for him it was to take away pain at times. This was in 1987, when there weren't a lot of medicines for the symptoms, and we didn't understand it , nor the counseling one can get. It's impossible to understand how bad they can feel, even though we all get depressed at times. This is a dark hole they get into, where nothing matters anymore, and they think there's no way out of. Support from a loved one is the most important thing they can get, although 9 out of 10 relationships fail because of it. One can't function and the other doesn't understand why, and they leave. With medication to help some symptoms, and a partner that understands and supports them, it can be handled, but not always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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