College freshman saves life of distraught teenager | Inquirer News

College freshman saves life of distraught teenager

/ 04:40 AM November 17, 2019

DAGUPAN CITY—A criminology freshman saved the life of a distraught 17-year-old girl who leaped off the fifth floor of an unidentified university building on Nov. 10.

Mart Stephen Navarro was among several Reserve Officers Training Course cadets who were in the school for training on the day the girl attempted suicide despite the pleadings of her father.

Navarro caught the girl with his arms as she neared the ground.

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They were both injured but Dagupan City Councilor Joey Netu said his act of heroism would be honored by the city government.t.—YOLANDA SOTELO

HOW TO GET HELP
Hopeline, a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline in the Philippines, may be reached at landline numbers (02) 804-4673; and mobile numbers 0917-5584673 or 0917-5582919.

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