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Six years ago, Jonny Benjamin climbed to the edge of the Waterloo Bridge in London intending to jump to his death. But a stranger told him it would be OK, and offered to buy him a cup of coffee if he'd climb down from the railings. He climbed down and lived to tell his story.

The police were waiting to help him and Benjamin, who has schizophrenia, never saw his new friend again. He only knew him as "Mike."

So two weeks ago, on the anniversary of what would have been his death, Benjamin, now 26, launched a campaign on social media to "find Mike."

It didn't take long before Neil Laybourn, 31, came forward, the 

Today, announcing the search was over, the charity, 

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Six years ago, Jonny Benjamin climbed to the edge of the Waterloo Bridge in London intending to jump to his death. But a stranger told him it would be OK, and offered to buy him a cup of coffee if he’d climb down from the railings. He climbed down and lived to tell his story.…

Six years later, man reunited with stranger who kept him from killing himself

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