Hindes says

A man who was contemplating suicide had a change of heart when he saw a house on fire. He climbed up a ladder and saved a woman, then went back inside and rescued a child. The firemen couldn't reach him, so he tied a rope around the child and lowered them to safety. Despite his heroic acts, he couldn't save himself. This experience made him realize that life was worth living and he wanted to do good. Let me tell you a story. There was once upon a time a man who, not through doubt and misfortune, but rather good times and pleasures, came to the conclusion that life wasn't worth living. So he went off to buy a revolver. On his way, a great clamor arose in the street. A house had caught fire and in a moment was in flames. Suddenly at one of the windows in the top story there appeared a woman. The firemen had placed their highest ladders against the building and the man began to climb up. And the man began to climb up. That man was none other than our candidate for suicide. He took the woman out of the window and gave her to the firemen who followed him up and went through the window into the house. The surrounding crowd trembled with fear lest the house should cave in at the very last moment. Flames already appeared at the window and people were sure that the hero had been burned to death inside. But he had not been burned. He soon appeared at the roof with a small child in his arms. The ladders could not reach this height. So the firemen threw him a rope. He tied the rope about the child and lowered it to the firemen. But he himself was beyond rescue. He folded his hands over his heart and the tears trickled from his eyes. He, who but a moment before had sought death, now desired not to die. No, he wanted to live, for in that moment he had found a purpose to live and to do good.