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How a cup of tea changed over 160 lives

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Don Ritchie "Angel of the Gap" rettete 160 Menschen vor dem Selbstmord. Don Ritchie verstarb 2012. Credit: Commons Wikimedia

Don Ritchie is still celebrated today as one of the “greatest Australians”. He offered others a cup of tea and interfered with their suicide attempts. Through his extraordinary action, he officially saved over 160 people who wanted to commit suicide at The Gap in Sydney.



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