Riyadh: A Sudanese national living in Saudi Arabia threatened to commit suicide by throwing himself from the seventh floor of a multi-story hotel near the Prophet’s mosque in Medina.
Attempts to persuade him into stepping back from the window failed, prompting a specialized Civil Defence unit to break into his hotel room and rescue him.
The Civil Defence which acted promptly, laid special air mattresses under the seventh-floor room, in case the Sudanese decides to his death in a bid to save his life.