{"id":27592,"date":"2025-05-23T14:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=27592"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:36:58","slug":"new-york-woman-considering-suicide-trump-saved-my-life-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2025\/05\/new-york-woman-considering-suicide-trump-saved-my-life-literally","title":{"rendered":"New York Woman Considering Suicide, “Trump Saved My Life, Literally.”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Left: The White House | Right: Newsmax \/ X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before Donald Trump became president of the United States, he was a successful real estate developer in New York City and the media mogul behind the hit reality show The Apprentice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During that time, a woman known only as \u201cDebbie\u201d was struggling with insurmountable grief. She lost both of her parents (the cause isn\u2019t shared) and contemplated suicide. Debbie was so determined that life wasn\u2019t worth living without her mother and father that she walked toward the Brooklyn Bridge and planned on jumping into the East River.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Until she ran into the host of \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Newsmax\u2019s Rob Schmitt covered her story, which she has kept a secret for the past seven years. She said that Trump saw her crying and asked if he could pray with her. Debbie says that Trump \u201csensed\u201d what she was planning and encouraged her not to go through with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n