Ayutthaya: An 81-year-old grandmother was found floating some twenty kilometres from her home after the girl jumped into the inflamed Chao Phraya River in a botched committing suicide attempt.
The woman, identified as Grandmother Ree, was found hanging onto the fish basket among the river’s solid currents in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya district early on Wednesday.
Right after being rescued by a fish farmer, the girl was examined simply by paramedics who declared she was in a safe condition, stated Apichart Suksomboon, chief of the Ban Pom tambon administrative organisation.
Grandma Ree said she jumped into the river around 3am on Tuesday with the purpose of ending her life.
However , she did not sink in the water but stayed afloat.
A powerful current carried the girl 20km from the girl house to Bang Pa-in district where she washed up against the fish container and was then helped by the seafood farmer.
According to Mr Apichart, Grandma Ree said she wanted to finish her own life since she was below heavy stress from ill-health and felt neglected by her children.
Sompong Kansorn, 49, an assistant town headman, said Grandma Ree’s family notified local leaders after she had gone missing.
A search party was mounted only to be told a few hours later that the lady had been located in the downstream district.