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Businessman rescued 25 suicides in 15 years
Serb Renato Grbic, a restaurant owner near the bridge over the Danube, and was awarded an unspoken title of "Superman", pulling the desperate people of the river.
51-year-old businessman from Belgrade Renato Grbic in the past 15 years, rescued 25 people who tried to commit suicide in front of him in an industrial zone on the outskirts of the city.
The owner of a small restaurant, which is located near the only one in the Serbian capital Panchevats bridge over the Danube, making sense of their lives to help people who decided to jump into the river from a height of 18 meters.
- For the first time I was confronted with the suicide act, when fishing on the river with his brother. Suddenly I heard a heavy splash, and at first thought that the bridge dropped something, but then saw a man waving his arms. We dragged him into the boat, and I remember saying to him: "Today, such a beautiful day, and you wanted to kill yourself!" - Says a local hero.
Since then, a small motor boat restaurateur is always ready in case another desperate rush into the icy waters of the Danube.
- As long as I'm working, always watching the bridge - I just can not turn away from those who have decided to voluntarily withdraw from life - shared Renato.
Over the years, Grbic pulled people of all ages and walks of life. Often rescued admitted that their actions were the cause of incurable diseases, poverty or unrequited love, but all agreed that feel alone.
Of the 25 people who gave Renato another chance at life, only one girl maintains regular contact with him and every year comes to a restaurant Grbic to celebrate with him his second birthday.
- It took seven years, but every time I see her, my heart skips a beat. Now she is - a completely different person, a wife and mother. I would like to know about the fate of other people, but most of them just left and never came back here - admitted Grbic.
Mayor of Belgrade handed Renato award for heroism, and fans nicknamed him "Superman Danube", but modest man says that the regalia and titles mean little to him.
- Every time, learning that another suicide bomber jumped off the bridge, and I was not there, I feel a sense of guilt. I'm sorry that I can not save more lives - assured businessman.
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51-year-old businessman from Belgrade Renato Grbic in the past 15 years, rescued 25 people who tried to commit suicide in front of him in an industrial zone on the outskirts of the city.
The owner of a small restaurant, which is located near the only one in the Serbian capital Panchevats bridge over the Danube, making sense of their lives to help people who decided to jump into the river from a height of 18 meters.
- For the first time I was confronted with the suicide act, when fishing on the river with his brother. Suddenly I heard a heavy splash, and at first thought that the bridge dropped something, but then saw a man waving his arms. We dragged him into the boat, and I remember saying to him: "Today, such a beautiful day, and you wanted to kill yourself!" - Says a local hero.
Since then, a small motor boat restaurateur is always ready in case another desperate rush into the icy waters of the Danube.
- As long as I'm working, always watching the bridge - I just can not turn away from those who have decided to voluntarily withdraw from life - shared Renato.
Over the years, Grbic pulled people of all ages and walks of life. Often rescued admitted that their actions were the cause of incurable diseases, poverty or unrequited love, but all agreed that feel alone.
Of the 25 people who gave Renato another chance at life, only one girl maintains regular contact with him and every year comes to a restaurant Grbic to celebrate with him his second birthday.
- It took seven years, but every time I see her, my heart skips a beat. Now she is - a completely different person, a wife and mother. I would like to know about the fate of other people, but most of them just left and never came back here - admitted Grbic.
Mayor of Belgrade handed Renato award for heroism, and fans nicknamed him "Superman Danube", but modest man says that the regalia and titles mean little to him.
- Every time, learning that another suicide bomber jumped off the bridge, and I was not there, I feel a sense of guilt. I'm sorry that I can not save more lives - assured businessman.
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