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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dr Ranj Singh

A moment that changed me: I talked a man out of jumping off a bridge – and it made me confront a harsh reality

Dr Ranj Singh.
Dr Ranj Singh … ‘Now I try to push past surface responses and genuinely listen.’ Photograph: Handout

Two, three, cha-cha-cha. Two, three, cha-cha-cha. I was several weeks into my rehearsal schedule for Strictly Come Dancing. Every spare moment became an opportunity to practise the timing of my steps, and I was fully immersed in the world of sequins and salsa.

It was late in the evening, and I had decided that a walk home would be a wonderful way to help clear my head. I wandered over Waterloo Bridge and noticed a group of people huddled in a small area by the edge. I swerved to avoid them and hurried on, but something was not right.

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