what a relief that he did not succeed and that no serious damage appears to have happened
I pray he will not only make a full recovery from this, but will also find the hope and encouragement to want to live
you may want to also post on our Survivors of Suicide forum as there are members there who understand what you are going through
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum29.html
praying God's peace for you in the midst of this storm