They go to The Gap to commit suicide. Dozens every year. They climb the short fence and dive off the rocky cliff at the entrance to Sydney Harbor. It is a terrible and desperate tragedy.But for many of those lonely, hurting people who go to The Gap to throw their lives away, unexpected salvation has come through a soft voice asking, "Why don't you come and have a cup of tea?"
Gina Dalfonzo (editor of both The Point and Dickensblog) alerted her Facebook friends to this moving story in The Independent of 84-year old Don Ritchie, a life insurance salesman who has been saving lives at The Gap for 50 years -- some 160 so far!
It is a stirring story and a tremendous illustration of how a little love, when put in action at the point of need, can change the world.
God bless you, Don.
