{"id":1760794,"date":"2022-12-03T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1760794"},"modified":"2022-12-03T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T15:03:55","slug":"junior-hockey-teammates-save-suicidal-man-on-a-bridge-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/junior-hockey-teammates-save-suicidal-man-on-a-bridge-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Hockey Teammates Save Suicidal Man on a Bridge in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjunior-hockey-teammates-save-suicidal-man-on-a-bridge-in-canada%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1760794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Unless you\u2019re Canadian or a die-hard hockey you\u2019ve probably never heard of the Brandon Wheat Kings. It\u2019s a junior hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) that calls Manitoba home, and a team that seems to be filled with quality, helpful young men.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Thornton, Calder Anderson, Nolan Ritchie, and Jake Chiasson are all Wheat Kings and the four of them spent the night of November 29 volunteering at a food bank. On their drive back home, they spotted a man sitting on a concrete barrier separating the north and southbound bridges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-junior-hockey-helps-save-a-suicidal-man\">Junior Hockey Helps Save A Suicidal Man<\/h2>\n<p>Dozens, probably even hundreds, of other cars drove past the man without stopping. Ritchie was behind the wheel and spotted the man \u2013 estimated to be between 25 and 30 \u2013  and quickly turned the car around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got out of the car and asked him if he was OK,\u201d Anderson told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonsun.com\/local\/2022\/12\/02\/wheat-kings-talk-distressed-man-off-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Brandon Sun<\/a><\/em>. \u201cHe informed me that things weren\u2019t great for him and he was having some pretty bad thoughts, so I asked him if we could get some help and he agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the biggest thing in that situation is just to ask the person if they need help, and as soon as I asked, you could see the relief on his face knowing he had someone to care for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM-1024x702-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM-1024x702-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM-300x206-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM-768x527-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM-561x385-1.png 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-1.19.43-PM.png 1172w\" \/><figcaption>The four Brandon Wheat Kings teammates who helped save a suicidal man in Canada. (Photo via Brandon Sun)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after they began talking with the man, another person stopped on the bridge and spoke to him as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was scary, some moments,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cHe would get up and that\u2019s when your heart starts to beat a little faster and things get a little scarier. I didn\u2019t get too close to him. I didn\u2019t want him to feel any more pressure or anxiety than he was already feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/katie-meyer-suicide-parents-suing-stanford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PARENTS OF EX-STANFORD GOALIE WHO DIED BY SUICIDE SUING SCHOOL FOR WRONGFUL DEATH<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Help arrived around five minutes after Chiasson called 911 to request first responders. Police officers made it to the scene and lifted the man to safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know what situation people are going through. Sometimes all it takes is just getting out to give them a little help or conversation,\u201d Chiasson said.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:1-800-273-TALK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1-800-273-TALK<\/a>\u00a0(8255).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you\u2019re Canadian or a die-hard hockey you\u2019ve probably never heard of the Brandon Wheat Kings. 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