Alternative means of transportation required

Last night I went out to dinner with friends in PNU (stop 128 on the Orange line/line 1).  The evening was lots of fun!  Good food, good friends, good conversation; but when the night ended and we were all heading to make our way home by subway we were stopped - body on the tracks, alternative means of transportation required!

Suicide by train.  By train?!  That really has to be the WORST way to go!  Your life is so bad, you want a train,  A FREAKING TRAIN!, to smash into you, run you over for at least 2-3mins and then have some poor city worker scrape "you" up off of the tracks?!  Life's really that bad?!! 

I don't mind taking alternative transportation, but my metro stop is Nampo-dong (stop 111 on the Orange) and PNU is a 45mins subway ride away from there!!  No bus is going to run that route and a taxi would cost ton-a-won!! 

Luckily several of us were stuck so we shared a taxi to Seomyeon (stop 119 on the Orange) and from there I was able to get a bus. My A.T. only ended up costing me 3,000won more than taking the subway.

This is the first I've had to deal with this in Korea.  When I lived DC it would happen ALL the time. So I guess I should be thankful... as thankful as one can be in a situation surrounding suicide...

And before people unfriend me on facebook or ask my parents what went wrong with me - I do think that suicide is terrible and it is horrible that people are suffering so much that they feel this is the only way to end the pain.  I feel extremely sad for anyone dealing with darkness like this.  But seek help! because a train is not the answer!!  

Korea has the highest suicide rate amoungst countries in the OECD.  24.3 (per 100,000 people) in 2008.  I'm not discrediting how tough life is here for some or the pressures they face, I'm just merely commenting.  

Sorry for any offense.