Two-year-old boy talks father down from killing himself (Photos)

A two-year-old boy is being credited with saving his father’s life when he talked him out of jumping from a bridge.

Rao Ni, 39, had not been paid for a year and was unable to pay his rent so he came to the heartbreaking decision to end it all.

But passers by spotted him on a bridge in Lingao County, China, and contacted police.

They stayed with him, talking to him, until his wife and son were there.

Police spokesman Guo Tsou said: ‘It is difficult to know what the boy could make out of what was happening, but he must’ve heard his mother and father talking for hours and realised both were upset, and he was also in tears.

At the end when he started calling his dad, it seemed to get through to him and then the two fell into each other’s arms.’

Rao said he had arrived in Hainan Province 10 years ago and had been working in construction ever since. Last May he began working on a local construction site with more than 40 other migrant workers.

However, as he agreed upon the work without signing a contract, Rao and the 40-odd workers he led remained unpaid, even after construction stopped and the project was scrapped.

Without a written contract, Rao was helpless as he demanded his and his workers’ wages, leading to several conflicts with the property developing firm. With nowhere else to turn, Rao decided to end his life.

After the incident, police promised to help Rao look into the matter. But they, too, said it would be difficult to win a case without a written contract.