Oz 'angel' at cliff edge
By Kristen Gelineau | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-15 07:27
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For almost 50 years Don Ritchie, widely regarded as a guardian angel, has used simple kindness to entice countless suicidal people away from the edge near his Sydney home. Jeremy Piper / Associated Press |
SYDNEY - In those bleak moments when the lost souls stood atop the cliff, wondering whether to jump, the sound of the wind and the waves was broken by a soft voice. "Why don't you come and have a cup of tea?" the stranger would ask. And when they turned to him, his smile was often their salvation.
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