Now she's on top of the world at the Australian Open Australian tennis star Destanee Aiava has come back from the brink of suicide just three years ago to achieve her first grand slam win at the Australian Open.
Just three years ago Aiava was saved from suicide by a trio of strangers who refused to leave her on the bridge and consoled her as they drove her back home.
Three years ago, Aussie tennis star Destanee Aiava had to be talked out of jumping off a bridge.
The stunning feat is even more special for those who know how close Aiava came to ending her life almost three years ago.
'The night of Easter Sunday (17th April) I was going to throw myself off a bridge onto the M1, 3 people drove by, dragged me off the rails and drove me home,' she wrote in a Instagram post in 2022.
