A 40-year old man was about to jump off a 33-foot bridge in the city of Kuala Lumpur after losing his job and suffering from depression, but one thing stopped him from jumping... his dog.

Police told the man his dog would die from suffocation because it was locked inside his car with the windows up. This drove the man to tears and made him come down off the bridge to save his and the dog's life.

"On hearing that his pet might die, the man began crying," a fire and rescue department spokesman tells the Star. "We then managed to persuade him to abort his suicide attempt."