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00:30...that Hollywood is now interested in turning into a movie.
00:33But this is the actual story, filmed as it unfolded.
00:38A story that shows that life is worth living.
00:43I wonder if you can help at all.
00:45Looking for a man that changed my life.
00:49Thanks.
00:55Tomorrow, we launch the campaign.
00:58And, um, I'm doing my, um, live interviews.
01:05Which I'm terrified.
01:11I'm terrified about.
01:13I'm just, just, uh, scared that something's going to come out wrong.
01:22Or, um, I'm going to make a fool of myself.
01:26Or people won't like me.
01:29Find Mike.
01:30The name of the campaign launched today.
01:32A man is searching for the kind stranger who persuaded him not to jump off a bridge exactly six years ago.
01:38Johnny Benjamin joins us to talk about his mission to find Mike.
01:41He was determined not to let me jump.
01:42So he was just an ordinary bloke walking across Waterloo Bridge.
01:46I just, I'm so grateful to him for stopping and talking.
01:52And, um, giving me a different outlook that day.
01:55Because it, it really was the moment that my recovery started.
02:01Is it just a case of just wanting to thank him?
02:03I just want to give him a hug.
02:04I just want to give him a hug and just say how grateful I am.
02:07What we know about this man is he was on Waterloo Bridge in London on the 14th of January.
02:12And we're thinking back now to 2008, okay.
02:14You're going to give these flyers out later on, aren't you?
02:16So I'm going to Waterloo Bridge around sort of 10 a.m. this morning.
02:29Cheers.
02:31Thanks.
02:33Can you help me find this man?
02:35Trying to find this man that changed my life.
02:37I'm going to go into a work building.
02:39Oh, right.
02:39On the Strand.
02:40So, um, I'll leave you with the guys there six years ago.
02:44Six years ago today, yeah.
02:45Nice to meet you.
02:46Yeah, you too.
02:46Thank you.
02:47Good morning.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Well, I can't actually remember his name.
02:51It was, you know, it was pretty distressing.
02:53Yeah.
02:53So, all I know is that he was, I was 20 at the time.
02:56He was a few years older than me.
02:57He was on his way to work.
02:59Oh, cheers.
03:00Thank you.
03:00Sorry this morning.
03:01Oh, did you?
03:01Yeah.
03:02I understand, Keith.
03:02Don't explain it.
03:03It's like, well done.
03:04Thank you.
03:04Thank you.
03:04It's too cold in here anyway.
03:05I know.
03:06It is.
03:07You're going to do that.
03:08Do you mind spreading this around?
03:10Oh, thank you very much.
03:11I hope he turns up.
03:12I hope so.
03:13What you've done is great.
03:16And that guy, you know, he might just say, I don't want to, you know.
03:19No, fair enough.
03:19You know what I mean?
03:20That's fair enough.
03:21He might just send a message to say, I wish Johnny all the best.
03:24But in which case, you now, you've moved on.
03:27Yeah.
03:27You're there.
03:28And go and help lots of people.
03:29I'm sorry.
03:30Oh, thank you so much.
03:31Bye.
03:31Thank you.
03:31Cheers.
03:33Hi.
03:34I think I saw you on the news this morning.
03:36Oh, right.
03:36Yeah, yeah.
03:37That's all right.
03:37I just wanted to say that it was a pretty interesting story.
03:41Oh, thank you.
03:42And just to say, well done, that's all.
03:43Oh, cheers.
03:44Really badly from, like, bad stuff.
03:48Oh, really?
03:49And bi-polar.
03:50And I just wanted to say, like, well done, that's all.
03:54How are you doing now?
03:55Yeah, yeah.
03:56I'm having treatment again because I kind of had a bad spell for a couple months ago.
04:02That's a few, really?
04:02But it's cool.
04:04I just graduated last year.
04:06Oh, that's amazing.
04:06Just got a job, so.
04:07Oh, well, that's great.
04:08I know how it feels.
04:09That's all I wanted to say, so.
04:10Thank you.
04:11No, I really appreciate that and being so honest with me.
04:13Thank you.
04:14Thank you so much.
04:15You take care of yourself.
04:16Yeah, you too.
04:17Hiya.
04:17I'm sitting on the TV.
04:18What's your name?
04:19Rosie.
04:20Oh, brilliant, brilliant.
04:21Have you had any luck?
04:22Not yet.
04:22Not yet.
04:23Fingers crossed.
04:24Fingers crossed.
04:24Hopefully.
04:25Hopefully.
04:25Yeah, but what do you say to him if you do this?
04:27I don't know.
04:28Thank you.
04:28You look better than you do on the telly.
04:32I'll tell you that as a compliment.
04:33Yeah, good luck for you, my love.
04:35Thank you.
04:37Please share this around the office if you can.
04:39Thanks.
04:40Please spread this message.
04:41Thank you.
04:43I'm very glad to stop you.
04:45Thank you.
04:45Thanks.
04:49I was on the phone to my mum.
04:51Oh, right?
04:51Saying, oh, that's amazing.
04:53Someone's just handed me this thing.
04:55That's cool.
04:56That's nice, though.
04:57That's such a nice sentiment.
04:58as well that you need to find him.
04:59Well, I just want to thank him, you know.
05:01So what sort of fellow was he?
05:02Oh, do you know?
05:03I can't remember.
05:03I was really distressed at the time.
05:05I can't really.
05:06All I know, he was sort of in his mid-20s, late-20s.
05:10He was on his way to work.
05:11Especially in this city as well.
05:13You know?
05:13I know.
05:14There's so many people that just, no one's got the time of day.
05:16No, I know.
05:17That's it.
05:17That's it.
05:18That's it.
05:18I usually get it in the neck before my mates are going to chat to him.
05:22Chat to some random people.
05:23That's great.
05:24That's great.
05:24You don't realize the difference that you can make to someone.
05:26You never know.
05:27You made the right decision.
05:29Oh, cheers, mate.
05:30It's a bit silly in this place.
05:31There's a lot of weird shit going on.
05:33It's quite lovely, really.
05:35It is.
05:36It is.
05:36And as I heard, we're all in the same team.
05:38Absolutely.
05:39We're all human, yeah.
05:40Absolutely.
05:41Cheers, mate.
05:42It was really good to meet you.
05:43See you soon.
05:44Cheers.
05:44Thank you.
05:45Cheers.
05:45We don't know his name.
05:56We don't know what he looks like.
05:57He just happened to be walking past.
05:59We don't know if that was the regular thing that he does or whether he just happened to
06:02be in London or was at that precise moment in time.
06:06Not only was the hashtag Find Mike trending, but it touched the hearts of thousands of
06:15people.
06:15I just can't believe the response.
06:17I've had messages from all over the world.
06:19It is just phenomenal.
06:20So I've just been on Breakfast TV for the second day in a row.
06:23They actually asked me about it because of such a massive response after my first appearance.
06:28It's 8.53 and our guest this morning has a remarkable tale to tell and he wants your
06:32help.
06:32Johnny Benjamin is looking for the complete stranger who talked him out of throwing himself
06:37off Waterloo Bridge in London.
06:38My memory from that day is so hazy.
06:41Hearing from someone that was saying, you know, it does get better was the turning point
06:45because no one had said that to me before.
06:47If you are either that man, that hero, or you've heard that story and you think you
06:51know who that person is, you can call us 07-224-2000 or go to Johnny's website.
06:57This is a trends map where the hashtag Find Mike is being used.
07:01As you can see, it's spread to Australia already, South Africa.
07:04The calls were just coming in all the time.
07:06Good afternoon to you, Johnny.
07:08Hiya, Larry.
07:08What a story.
07:09Just extraordinary.
07:10Was he an older guy, younger guy, same sort of age?
07:13No, he was a young guy.
07:13He was, you know, I was 20 at the time.
07:15Right.
07:16He was around my age, he was a few years older than me.
07:18He just reminded me of myself, really, and what I could be.
07:21The search for the stranger who saved the life of this man.
07:25He hopes his appeal will help jog someone's memory.
07:28And if you think you can help Johnny Benjamin with his appeal, you can find more details
07:32on the BBC London website.
07:34Within a few hours, someone comes forward saying that they are Mike.
07:48They remember talking Johnny Down off Waterloo Bridge.
08:06Then a few hours later, another person comes forward saying they are Mike.
08:17And then another.
08:19And another.
08:25Within a few days, Johnny has 38 possible Mikes.
08:30I expected maybe the one person to come forward and say this was me, but I've actually had
08:40quite a number of people come forward.
08:41You have to be really careful with Johnny meeting those people and have quite a high suspicion
08:46that they are Mike.
08:47So we'd hope that you'd have lots of Mikes who had helped someone through a similar situation.
08:54But it might be that you've got people that have their own agenda or are just sort of rolling
09:00along with the sort of media interest.
09:03While some of the people claiming to be Mike turn out to be not quite as they seem, the majority
09:10are ordinary people who have helped someone else in distress.
09:17After some investigation, Johnny asks the five of the most likely candidates to send in
09:22their photo.
09:24I can't believe how nerve-wracking this is.
09:26It's just, you know, it's just, you know, the man that you've thought about for so long
09:33and the man who's like sort of had such a profound impact on you and you could suddenly
09:42be about to recognise that person is scary.
09:50Sorry.
09:51Sorry.
09:56It's fine.
10:00Shall we go for a break?
10:01Mm.
10:02It's cool.
10:03I'm going back to a place that, er, see, was the worst, was the worst point in my life
10:09and, er, so I've got to go back there and, er, it's not easy.
10:17I can see myself on the, on the, on the train.
10:20You know, I can see myself on the train and I was, er,
10:23you know, on the way up to do it and, and I can see myself on the train and, er,
10:32I'm, I'm already going back to that state of mind where I was, er, out of control, er,
10:37not out of control because I'm, no, but, er,
10:40I just need to get it over and done with.
10:45Okay, so, that's, that's definitely not Mike.
10:52Okay, come on, come on.
10:57No, I don't think that's him.
11:05No.
11:12No.
11:13Oh, my God, it's not him.
11:23Shit, I don't know.
11:26Oh, no, I, I don't know.
11:30Oh, oh, I don't know.
11:34I thought I'd know as soon as I saw that picture.
11:36I thought, oh, I don't know.
11:38I know that's definitely, this, this one's definitely not him because he is too old
11:43and, er, I know, I know he wasn't that old.
11:46I know he wasn't that old.
11:47God, it makes you sort of go like, you know, because, because sometimes in some interviews
11:54this week, people have said, you know, he's all in your head and, no, he wasn't.
11:58I know he wasn't.
11:58It's silly to think that I'm just going to immediately recognise Mike, maybe, because, because I was in
12:09that, that, that, that, that place of despair that I've completely blocked everything from
12:18for six years.
12:19You know, maybe it's going to take a lot more to remember him than just the photos.
12:40Before I started this campaign, I never anticipated that so many people would come forward and say,
12:45I've actually stopped someone from taking a life.
12:48I just thought Mike would come along and he'd say, here I am.
12:51But, no, I've got so many leads.
12:54And, er, and it's quite remarkable because it goes to show that there's many Mikes out there.
13:04Johnny is not sure if any of the Mikes he's heard from are the man he's looking for
13:08and turns to the police for help with the identification.
13:12Oh, hi there.
13:14I'm trying to track down the police report that might have been made after an incident
13:17that I was involved in.
13:19The thing is, I don't know the officers that were involved in it.
13:21This was an incident six years ago.
13:23I just wanted to find out if it was any way possible to get the details from the police report
13:27so the report might not even exist at all.
13:30Yeah, but you've definitely got their name, haven't you, in the report.
13:43Just the number, not the actual name.
13:45I didn't realise that you didn't have his name as well.
13:48You've just got his number and that doesn't even work.
13:50But there'd be no way that I could see that log because of data protection.
13:55Sure, sure.
13:57Cool, okay.
13:59Appreciate your time.
13:59Cheers, thanks, bye.
14:10If we think about everything that's going on for Johnny,
14:12it's really not surprising that his emotional memory,
14:15his procedural memory, also isn't really recording things for him accurately.
14:22So I really don't think it's surprising that he doesn't recall the events.
14:27And it's probably a sort of protective mechanism.
14:31Out of all the messages Johnny receives, there's one that really stands out.
14:37Hi, Johnny.
14:38I might be wrong, but a guy at my medical school around that time
14:41talked somebody down off Waterloo Bridge.
14:43His name was Michael Sammy, Mike Sammington.
14:46It may not be your guy, but either way, I'm glad you're okay,
14:49and I hope you find your guardian angel.
14:51Hi.
14:52Nice to meet you, Ruf.
14:56Come through.
14:57How are you doing?
14:57How are you doing?
14:57How are you going?
14:59Thanks.
14:59Cheers.
15:00¿Qué tal?
15:30So at our medical school we had a mixed hockey club. Now on the particular day in 2008 we were talking about one of our colleagues Mike the week before he'd actually talked to somebody down off Waterloo Bridge and this led to him being nicknamed Good Sam or the Good Samaritan which is a name that went on the back of his shirt and kind of stuck with him through medical school.
15:59How old was he at the time?
16:02I'm not sure exactly but he will have been kind of early 20s.
16:06Oh okay.
16:07A tall thin sort of fairly fit and athletic chap had kind of curly wavy hair.
16:14Yeah.
16:14Dark hair, dark eyes.
16:16Oh right, okay, okay, because I've got such a poor recollection of, I've got no recollection.
16:22It was the last thing on your mind at the time.
16:24Ruth's story matches up to what Johnny can remember and he asked to see the photos of Dr. Mike.
16:32So that's the chap.
16:34You know, I don't know whether this is ringing any sort of alarm bell.
16:38It's probably difficult for you to know.
16:39Yeah, I just don't.
16:40I mean, it would be interesting to speak to Mike and see whether actually, whether he recognises you because that's probably more likely that he'd recognise you.
16:50A bit more digging reveals that Dr. Mike lives in Wolverhampton.
16:55Johnny sends him a message and he agrees to meet him in person.
16:59This guy could be my Mike.
17:03His name is actually Mike.
17:05And there's a few details in our stories that match up.
17:09He was on Walshley Bridge beginning of January 2008.
17:15And he was on his way to medical school.
17:18Stopped someone from taking their life on Walshley Bridge.
17:20It could be me.
17:22So, yeah, I'd like to find out.
17:26Hi.
17:27How are you doing?
17:27Hi.
17:28Okay, I'm Johnny.
17:29Hi, I'm Michael.
17:30Nice to meet you.
17:30Lovely to meet you.
17:31Come in.
17:32You too.
17:32You too.
17:32Cheers.
17:33Thank you.
17:34Just put my bag down.
17:35Yeah, sure.
17:36Go for it.
17:37Thank you.
17:38We'll bring it in if you want to.
17:39Cool.
17:39Cool.
17:40Cheers.
17:40Thanks.
17:40How are you doing?
17:41Yeah, not too bad.
17:42Thanks.
17:42It's strange.
17:43It's just, you know, trying to think back.
17:45And, yeah, I was looking through and I was quite frantically, you know, reading through actually
17:50your Twitter page and, you know, I was looking at the kind of various news articles and things.
17:56And I just, it kind of struck.
17:58It kind of struck me quite, you know, as very, very familiar, really.
18:05I remember I actually froze still for a moment just with quite a bit of fear surrounding
18:12what I was about to see happen in front of me.
18:15Yeah.
18:16And I thought, okay, wait a minute.
18:18We're all just staring and we're just going to watch this person kill himself in front
18:22of us and take his own life.
18:24I think I said something like, sir, you know, you don't want to do this.
18:29In response to that, he didn't say anything and, you know, he looked me in the eyes with an extremely upset, kind of solemn face and, you know, just said, and just looked at me for a moment, held a gaze.
18:51And I remember really feeling upset by what I actually saw and him letting go with one hand and swinging round.
19:03So he was facing the water and at that moment, realizing, you know, he's going to do this and he's going to jump off.
19:13I remember feeling, you know, I have to stop this, jumped in and grabbed him, you know, he lost his grip and then I dragged him over and he was, you know, trembling on the, on the ground when, when I actually pulled him over.
19:31And I just remember him being extremely shocked from, you know, shocked and just distraught on the, on the floor, really.
19:39Um, now I, now I, now I don't know, I don't know how, how much of, of that is, uh, is something you can relate to or.
19:50Um, can I say it's, it's, it's, it's such an amazing thing that you did to, to do that and to have the, uh, courage to do that is, uh, incredible.
20:00I think there's some details that, that are different between yours and yours.
20:04Yeah, and, and, and, and read, you know, reading up on, you know, some of the, you know, the deeper things I thought, you know, I did juggle, you know, could, could this be, uh, could, could it be me he's looking for?
20:13Sure.
20:14And, you know, it, uh, I, I did see, you know, I saw quite a, a, a few kind of, uh, discrepancies in the details you gave.
20:22And I, I just wondered, you know, how, how many of, uh, how, how much of that was recalled by, by us and how much of that was, uh, you know, was, uh, the, you know, what actually, uh, happened.
20:36Sure.
20:37I just think that even if I don't get a chance to find the person that I'm looking for and, and, and thank him personally, at least I've, I've, I've thanked you.
20:45Yeah.
20:52I'm never joined at the response this whole campaign has got in terms of people coming together and, um, supporting, supporting this.
21:04It's just, uh, I can't get my head around it.
21:10英国一年青男子本杰明,六年前被诊断患上精神分裂症,绝望到想自杀.
21:16His words actually prompted my recovery.
21:19Now I need your help to find him.
21:21He could have just kept on walking by, but his actions, they changed my life.
21:35Find Mike tops the trends in 25 different countries, and the hashtag becomes more popular than Beyonce and Obama.
21:44But despite the interest in his story, the trail has gone cold.
21:49I think it could be very difficult for Johnny if he's not able to, to find Mike, because I think he's pinned a lot on, on finding Mike.
21:59Um, you can imagine that it might leave him feeling vulnerable, might leave him feeling that, you know, he can't, he can't move forward.
22:08I was so sure when I launched the campaign, just that one person would come forward and say, yeah, it was me, I get delusions, and...
22:17Oh, you know, I think I can, I think I can change the world in my head.
22:32Sometimes something tells me, you know, you're some kind of superhuman.
22:40And, of course, in reality, I'm not.
22:48Mike, he could have, as I say, could have walked by.
23:10He, hundreds of people probably did walk by, but he stopped and took that moment, and because of the decision that he made at that time, on that day, on that location, life for Johnny, for us, for all the people that are affected by what Johnny does, and, you know, his family, his friends, his colleagues, his followers, and all of that sort of thing.
23:39While the leads have dried up, the messages continue to pile in, from people coming forward, for other reasons.
23:55Hi, Johnny. Just wanted to wish you luck in finding Mike.
23:59You have obviously come a long way in the past six years, and I admire what you are doing to educate the world about mental health.
24:06Our son, Richard, took his own life on the 14th of February 2008, at the age of 21, if only someone had found the right words.
24:15Since seeing your Facebook message, you have been on my mind all day.
24:31My husband took his own life 24th January 2012.
24:35He had lost hope, and could not see any other way.
24:38I had no idea that I was going to walk into that on a Tuesday night, to find my husband.
24:44I believe to this day that I am still in shock.
24:48He left behind myself and an 18-month-old daughter, Olivia, and our wheels came crashing down.
24:53It was too late to save my husband, but thank God, that man helped you that day.
24:58I hope that life has been kind to you since that day, and you've reflected on life, and the impact that way out would have had on others.
25:05I hope you find the man you're looking for, and I just wanted also to send you a huge hug through an email.
25:14There's one particular message that Johnny can't ignore.
25:18Hi, Johnny. Just a little note to say I've seen your quest to find the man who saved your life, and it really struck a chord in me.
25:27Back in 2008, my twin brother Stephen jumped off Tower Bridge on our 27th birthday in April.
25:35I've often wondered if anyone could have saved him or talked him down.
25:39But after years of research, I know that trying to find that answer is an impossible task.
25:48It just feels, yeah, it feels more than just about finding this stranger.
25:55For me, it's about connecting with other people.
26:09Compelled by her story, Johnny decides to visit her.
26:18I carry a lot of guilt as someone who was left behind from suicide.
26:23You carry a lot of guilt from that.
26:25It hurts because there are a lot of people that are just left with questions, you see.
26:30But I guess that at the time you were standing there, you weren't thinking about that, were you?
26:34No, no, no, no, no. Your head's just in, so, it's such a confusing place.
26:41The pain is so kind of intense that nothing else kind of can come into that, that kind of wall that's surrounding you.
26:51You know, you can't see anything, no matter who it is, you just can't see kind of over that wall.
26:57Do you feel like you couldn't have gone to anyone leading up to you standing there?
27:03The thing, I didn't want to disappoint people.
27:07That's the thing, it sounds strange, doesn't it?
27:08I didn't want to disappoint the people around me and say how I was really feeling.
27:16And I thought, oh, yeah, I didn't want to kind of see their faces and see their reactions to that, knowing that I didn't want to be here anymore.
27:30It sounds like absolutely what Stephen would say, because he was so far out of my reach, I couldn't get to him.
27:38Sure.
27:38And he, he just closed up.
27:43And now, I mean, everyone's different, but just through talking to you and I think you both went through the same things.
27:52It's just so sad that, you know, people can just isolate themselves and turn their back on people that want to help.
28:01Not through any kind of spank, but because you're embarrassed or you're afraid.
28:05I get angry because I wish he'd given me the chance.
28:10Sure.
28:11You know?
28:11Sure.
28:12And I wish he'd just said something instead of going into his shell.
28:19I know that he did it around our birthday, which hurts me.
28:22Sure.
28:23Because forever, forever and ever and ever, my birthday will be tainted.
28:28Sure.
28:28By a death of a twin.
28:30It's like losing an arm.
28:32Can I say something?
28:34Yeah.
28:34I hope you don't mind.
28:35No, you don't.
28:39Oh, it's...
28:40It's just the one thing that I remember in going to the bridge that I kept saying to myself,
28:48it was more than anything else, more than anything else, I don't want my family to feel guilty.
28:56That was the one thing that I was so desperate, desperately clinging on to.
29:05Like, I just don't want to feel at all responsible or guilty or...
29:12That was the thing that the whole way that journey was like, I hope this is all right to say that.
29:23But I think it's making me feel a lot better.
29:25I just wonder, I always wonder why didn't he leave me a note, you know, and so many people have said he was not in that headspace right then to even leave a note.
29:38Did you plan, today I'm going to die, is that what you thought?
29:43I did, yeah.
29:44I did the night before.
29:49Yeah.
29:51I did the night before.
29:52Um, I planned it all out.
29:55I just got to the stage where I saw the only way that I could achieve peace was, because you're so desperate to find peace, you know.
30:11How can you hide?
30:12Like, I just thought, I'm amazed.
30:14How can you hide that?
30:16How can you just hide that from anyone?
30:17I just, I was scared, so I didn't tell them, and yeah, there were so many opportunities that evening and that next morning to tell people, but, as I was saying, I had that in my head.
30:30I saw that as the only way out of it.
30:35Just couldn't see past that moment on the bridge.
30:42It was sort of drawn towards it.
30:45No one's ever spoken to me like this.
30:47So, you're giving me an insight that I hadn't seen.
30:50Okay.
30:50As long as that's alright.
30:51Yeah, of course.
30:52I just don't want you to get upset.
30:53No, no, not at all.
30:54Not at all.
30:55No, it's good for me to talk about as well.
30:57Are you ever scared that that would come back, or is that something that's...
31:03Do you know what?
31:04I've been suicidal again since that day, but now I say...
31:10Sorry, I say this is how I'm feeling.
31:16Oh, um...
31:19Because I know that I've done it before and I can do it again.
31:24But you know to ask for help.
31:26I know, and I know that I can say the words, you know, I'm feeling suicidal at the moment.
31:32And that's the difference.
31:35That's what I couldn't say before.
31:36So...
31:37I know that I can do it before.
32:07Having all but given up hope of finding Mike, Johnny checks a message in his inbox.
32:24Although his name's not Mike, everything else finally fits.
32:37For six years, Johnny has been dreaming of the moment when he might meet the man who helped turn his life around.
32:45Since launching his search, his story has been followed by 319 million people around the world.
32:52It has produced leads from far and wide that he's pursued and ultimately discarded.
32:58Now, he's about to meet the man he thinks could be his Mike.
33:03This guy is probably the strongest lead and is potentially the man that I'm looking for.
33:14So, there's a lot riding on today.
33:19It's a very surreal sort of feeling and I'm petrified to be honest. I'm petrified.
33:28Are you ready for this?
33:29No, I'm not ready. No, I am ready. Sorry.
33:33Do you think you can ever be ready for a moment?
33:35I'm not ready. No.
33:37You can never be ready for a moment like this, to be honest.
33:40I'd like to give him a hug.
33:42Although, I don't know if that's too awkward.
33:44I'd like to, but I just kind of see how it goes.
33:56I mean, I'm not especially a touchy-feely Percy.
34:00Sorry.
34:02Sorry.
34:02When I greet him, I'd like to give him a hug, but I'll just have to see how it goes.
34:09He might not want to have a hug, which is fair enough.
34:13Like, he might not want me jumping on him, which is completely understandable.
34:19But it would be nice to maybe give him a hug.
34:23Definitely a handshake, but a hug would be nice.
34:25Hiya.
34:50Hi, Jeremy.
34:51How are you doing?
34:52Yeah, I'm good.
34:53Hello.
34:54How are you?
34:56I'm all right.
34:57Yeah?
34:57I'm all right.
34:58How are you?
34:59Good.
35:03Do you all make sense?
35:05Fucking hell, yeah.
35:06Sorry.
35:06Didn't be sorry.
35:07Yeah, that's fine.
35:08That's fine.
35:08That's absolutely fine.
35:09How are you doing?
35:09I'm fine.
35:10I'm fine.
35:11It's fantastic to see you.
35:12It's fantastic to see you.
35:14Really good.
35:14Really good.
35:15Just be nervous.
35:16Yeah.
35:16I saw you on the TV.
35:18Yeah, I saw you speaking on the TV.
35:19Don't be nervous, honestly.
35:20No.
35:20It's really nice things you said, and, you know, um,
35:23it's, you know, it's so strange to see you again, but, you know, it seems like only good
35:29things have happened for you, so.
35:30Yeah, well, do you want to take a seat?
35:32Yeah, absolutely.
35:34Wow.
35:36How are you doing?
35:36How are you doing?
35:37I'm fine.
35:37I'm fine.
35:38Yeah?
35:38Yeah, absolutely.
35:39Thanks so much for, uh, uh, God, it's all coming back.
35:49Yeah?
35:50Oh.
35:54Yeah.
35:55Wow.
35:55I can't imagine how it must feel, you know, to, to be reliving it, you know?
36:00I mean, sorry.
36:01No, it's just unbelievable, because, oh my gosh, like, you know.
36:06Do you, do you remember me?
36:07Yeah, now I've seen you, like, it's all coming back.
36:09Really?
36:10You standing inside of me, and, um, because before it's such a hazy memory, and now, and
36:14now it's, it's all, it's all coming back, and, uh, yeah, I can see you, I can see you
36:19there on, on the side of the bridge, and, uh, wow, it's amazing, because, because I, I completely
36:27had a blank of what you look like.
36:30It was, it was really cold that day, mate, I don't know if you remember, do you remember
36:33how cold it was?
36:34Oh, yeah.
36:35I saw you sitting there on the bridge, and, you know, I knew straight away, like, you
36:42came, it came into my vision, and I knew what was happening straight away, and I didn't
36:48think I'd get to you, because there was quite a distance between, between us, you know,
36:54um, and I kept walking, walking, walking, and there were people walking past all the
37:01time, so, and then I got up to you, and, you know, I don't know if, if you want me to
37:08tell you what happened.
37:09Yeah, no, no, I'm, I sort of have, have a, sort of, memory, you know, of me going to
37:16the, kind of, I don't know, like the middle of the bridge, and, stepping over the barrier,
37:21and standing on the edge, and, kind of, my hands were behind.
37:26I don't know if, I don't know if that's like this.
37:29Like, I mean, I walked up to you, and I said, why are you sitting on the bridge, you know,
37:37and you told me straight away that you were going to jump, and, and I just thought, there's
37:45no way I'm going to let this guy jump off today, there's no way not if I'm standing
37:48here, you know, um, you know, and then you started to tell me about yourself, yeah?
37:57What did I say?
37:58Um, because I asked you, you told me you ran away.
38:02Do I say where I've run away from?
38:04You said you ran away from, like, a hospital.
38:06I'd just been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
38:09A month before, I ran away to the bridge, and, um, I was put into hospital, and, such a scary
38:18time, because, um, I didn't know that I was ill.
38:22I just had no idea that I was, I was ill, um, I was, I was hearing a voice in my head.
38:27Uh, yeah, I was, I was having delusions, and I thought I was, uh, do you know The Treatment
38:32Show?
38:33Yeah.
38:33Yeah, I thought I was on my own version of The Treatment Show, and, um, this has been
38:38going on for 10 years, and, uh, it got to the point where I just, I couldn't cope, and
38:45I couldn't look after myself, and I didn't realise I was so ill, and, um, and, uh, basically
38:53I had a psychosis, and, um, I thought I was being possessed by the devil, and, um, I, uh,
39:01I didn't tell family or friends, um, you know, because I just thought that the voice I was
39:07hearing was real.
39:08So, do you, do you think, like, this is not right, or were you like, this is fine, because
39:14this is the way it is, and you didn't know any better?
39:17Yeah, I didn't know any better.
39:18I thought that everyone heard a voice in their heads.
39:20So, when the psychiatrist said to me, you know, it's all in your head, it's not real,
39:26it was like a, such a massive shock, because I was like, yeah, but we all hear a voice,
39:32don't we?
39:32It's just, it's just that I've been, you know, maybe granted a, I thought I was hearing
39:36the devil, so I just thought I'd been granted a bad voice.
39:40He was like, no, no, no, it's, it's all in your head.
39:44I couldn't take it in, and, uh, I felt like, I felt like my life had sort of been a lie,
39:48and I didn't know who it was, and it was just such a difficult time, and I was, I was
39:55petrified, but, yeah, it was you saying to me, you can get through it, that was suddenly,
40:09like, my whole perspective changed, and I was like, it's a stranger that I've never
40:15even met, doesn't know anything about me, is telling me that I'll be okay, and I can
40:21get through it, and just stopping, just talking to me, just giving me that time of day, and
40:28just saying to me, there's another way, and it can get better.
40:33Honestly, from that day, like, it restored my faith in humanity, and I wouldn't be here
40:40if you didn't stop.
40:41I think that's the most incredible thing, is, I'm trying to get my head around, is that,
40:45you know, you, I'm, you know, it's nice to know that somehow I've made a difference.
40:53Yeah, you know, I mean, you've made an incredible, you know, yeah, you've made an incredible difference.
40:58It must have been awful for you, mate, um, you know, sounds like you've, and now, you know,
41:06you're, you're dealing with it, you know, it's a testament, you know?
41:11Yeah.
41:14We're really proud of you.
41:15Oh.
41:15Thank you.
41:22So strange, because it feels like, let's say, it feels like, kind of, we're friends, and
41:29yet, you know, it's the only second time I've met you, isn't it?
41:33Well, I have a feeling we will be now, yeah.
41:34Yeah, definitely.
41:35Found him.
41:48Found him.
41:51I found Mike.
41:54Everyone, well, most people probably want to meet their heroes.
41:58I have met mine.
42:02I have met mine today.
42:04That's amazing.
42:09Just to feel,
42:12on top of the world.
42:14The campaign has been so huge,
42:16it feels like the start of something, maybe.
42:28Dear Johnny,
42:37thank you for reminding all of us
42:39how life-changing a random act of kindness can be.
42:44I would like to take the time to share with you
42:46just how much his story touched me over here in Canada.
42:49The day I had decided to take my life
42:51was the summer day of September 12, 2002,
42:54in order to relieve the pain I was going through
42:56due to the voices in my head.
42:57Living with a mental illness is rough at times,
43:00but you determine your life's path, not your illness.
43:05Johnny, man,
43:06I just want to say thanks for being there
43:07when I was going through my difficult times.
43:09And I can't even describe how helpful it has been
43:10to get to know, meet, and connect with someone like you
43:13who understands so much about what I've been going through
43:15these past few years.
43:20Thanks for showing there's hope
43:21for people with severe mental illnesses.
43:24Good luck and God bless.
43:25Hi, Johnny.
43:27I just want to drop you a quick line
43:29to thank you for the various steps
43:30you've taken over the past few weeks
43:31to highlight mental health issues.
43:33I'm currently going through the early part
43:35of recovery stages from depression,
43:37where I too was ready to take my own life.
43:39I've seen a doctor though,
43:40and now they're referring me to counselling,
43:42which I believe is the right thing for me.
43:44Well, I think so anyhow.
43:46Watching your story unfold
43:47stopped me from taking my own life,
43:49so a massive thank you.
43:57It feels like that chapter is almost closed now.
44:04Those six years ago and everything that I went through
44:06and it's a complete contrast
44:11to the feelings that I had that day
44:14when I first met Neil.
44:18Complete contrast.
44:20I was completely at rock bottom
44:24and now I'm so happy
44:29and kind of, yeah,
44:31I feel like I've gone full circle
44:32and it's just amazing
44:36to be able to say that, I think.
44:38When you've gone through something
44:39that's such a bad period
44:43and you can look back and realise,
44:45I just realise how far I've come, I guess.
44:50Every day,
44:54more than a quarter of a million people
44:56pass through Waterloo.
44:59Sometimes,
45:00when we are part of a crowd
45:01and we see someone in trouble,
45:03it's easier to walk on by.
45:07But we actually all have a choice.
45:10The truth is,
45:11any of us could be a Mike.
45:17Though there are times I still struggle,
45:20I know that I can overcome
45:21any adversity in life.
45:26This is all thanks to one man
45:27who showed me that life does get better.
45:30Now, I want to offer that same message
45:32to others who need it.
45:34That in spite of the hard times,
45:35life really is worth living.
45:50Some way, baby, it's part of me,
45:53apart from me.
46:00You ain't waste the heart of me.
46:04You fucked a friend, it's on its head,
46:12it's stuck the street.
46:19You're in the world,
46:21keep off your feet.
46:23You're in the world.
46:24You're in the world.
46:24You're in the world.
46:25You're in the world.
46:25You're in the world.
46:26You're in the world.
46:26You're in the world.
46:27You're in the world.
46:28You're in the world.
46:29You're in the world.
46:30You're in the world.
46:31You're in the world.
46:32You're in the world.
46:33You're in the world.
46:34You're in the world.
46:35You're in the world.
46:36You're in the world.
46:37You're in the world.
46:38You're in the world.
46:39You're in the world.
46:40You're in the world.
46:41You're in the world.
46:42You're in the world.
46:43You're in the world.
46:44You're in the world.
46:45You're in the world.
46:46You're in the world.
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