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Jan 26, 2011, 08:51AM

GQ Profiles Chen Sah, The Suicide Catcher

"He was close now. I could tell by the banners and messages—some were flags, some were just scraps of paper—that fluttered earnestly from the bridge. Value life every day, one read. Life is precious, declared another. His cell phone number was emblazoned everywhere, including little graffiti stamps he'd left on the sidewalk, ones I tried to decipher beneath the blur of so many passing feet. And then Mr. Chen came into view, conspicuous for being the only still point in that sea of motion... and the only one sporting a pair of clunky binoculars, the only one watching the watchers of the river."

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