The tragedy of the girl who just jumped off Ben Thuy bridge to commit suicide
On the cold Lam River bank on the afternoon of December 28, Thai Thi Ngoc Han’s relatives still looked at the boats slowly searching in the middle of the river. Two days have passed since Thai Thi Ngoc Han jumped off Ben Thuy Bridge to commit suicide, and the search team has yet to find her body.
Thai Thi Ngoc Han was born in 1989 in Quan Bau ward, Vinh city, Nghe An province. A beautiful, well-behaved, studious girl, Ngoc Han grew up in the love and care of her parents and brother.
Tragedy struck Ngoc Han after her marriage to a heartless husband. In 2012, when her first son was 18 months old and showed unusual signs, her husband left without a trace. Since then, Ngoc Han's personality also changed. She became less talkative, cried more often... Along with that, her son's autism also became more and more severe.
After her husband left, Ngoc Han and her son went to live with her grandparents. Ngoc Han's meager salary was not enough to cover her son's education and medical expenses, so she had to rely on her parents and brother for support.
As her child grew older and her illness became more severe, Ngoc Han gradually fell into a state of depression. In 2018, Ngoc Han's father passed away, making her even sadder and her illness even more severe...
Loving her son, the old mother and brother tried to take Ngoc Han to many hospitals in Hanoi and Vinh for treatment. After each treatment, Ngoc Han got better, but when she saw her 12-year-old son only knowing how to smile innocently like a 3-year-old child, her illness became even worse...
In June 2024, Ngoc Han underwent a one-month treatment at Nghe An Mental Hospital. After that, Han's condition improved a lot. Everyone was happy to see Ngoc Han happily going to work, taking care of her elderly mother, and taking care of her son.
On December 26, like any other normal day, Ngoc Han was scheduled to be on duty at the company until 7 p.m. However, around 5 p.m., she left the office and ran straight to Ben Thuy bridge. At that time, Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Ngoc Han's mother received a phone call from her daughter with the message "You are unfilial. Mom, please go to Ben Thuy bridge to pick you up." Receiving the phone call, Ms. Huong's legs and arms went limp. She told her son and relatives to go to Ben Thuy bridge and only saw her daughter's motorbike on the bridge. At that time, Ms. Huong also collapsed, lamenting and crying for her son.
A car's dashcam while passing Ben Thuy bridge also accidentally recorded the scene of a girl throwing herself into Lam river...
For the past two days, Mrs. Huong and her son Thai Huu Tham have been on duty on the banks of the Lam River, watching the boats and canoes searching. Their father passed away early, the family was already short of people, and now the unfortunate incident has made things even more difficult for the family. The older brother has to take care of everything by himself. From setting up a shack on the Lam River to running back and forth to buy gas for the canoe searching. Occasionally, Ngoc Han's older brother gets on the boat to search and then runs home to check on the health of his mother and nephew...
Rescue teams also ran back and forth around Ben Thuy bridge but still could not find the body of the poor girl. Sympathizing with Ngoc Han's situation, a volunteer team also drove a canoe down to Lam river to join other teams in searching...
On the shore, Ngoc Han’s relatives, friends, and colleagues also watched every movement on the river. “Come home, the river water is very cold this season. Mom, brother, and son are waiting for you to come home!”, Ngoc Han’s brother, Thai Huu Tham, looked out at the Lam River and cried silently.
Ngoc Han passed away, her 12-year-old son was still naive like a 3-year-old, not understanding anything. Looking at her grandson like that, Mrs. Huong felt like her heart was being cut into pieces... "Why did you leave so foolishly? How can your son and I live?", Mrs. Huong hugged her grandson when she heard her grandson ask "where has your mother been?".
It is known that Ngoc Han's family is in a very difficult situation. Ngoc Han's salary is not enough to cover the medical expenses for her and her child. Since the day she threw herself into the Lam River, Mrs. Huong's family has spent a lot of money searching but has not yet had any results... Mrs. Huong's family is in dire need of the community's help to cover the costs of searching for their daughter's body and taking care of Ngoc Han's son, whose illness is getting worse and worse.
Please send any assistance to: Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Block 6, Quan Bau Ward - Vinh City, Nghe An Province; Account number: 5100297605 BIDV Bank - Account holder: Tran Thi Huong. Phone number: 0912.527.315.
