Solomons Bridge Jumper
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Like what you said.
And another point to think about....Ever think that there might be more to ANY one who jumps and leaves a car behind?
What is to say that there might have been a bomb set to go off and take out the bridge?
Not saying there was, but just another one of those things to consider, that the police take into consideration.
It is better to be cautious and restrict public movement than to rush thru a scene and have it turn out badly.
I am sorry this man died, but grateful there was nothing more there ( in the car) that cold have really been deadly.
Not what Im getting at. Nowhere near it. Knowling that, again, why trash talk something folks dont seem to comprehend? Its tragic, and I cant imagine being in that position. Yet people whine about how inconvenienced they were, at least you all got to finish your precious drive to work afterwards, eh? How horrible it all must be to arrive a tad late to the grindstone while this persons life was cut short (most likely anyway). I dont suppose ill ever understand how some people think. Oh, the humanity...
You know what, it IS horrible. On many different fronts. Terrible, tragic, horrible. This person made a choice that you and I don't like. If you are completely honest, I am guessing your reasons for not liking it have NOTHING to do with the person himself. You didn't know him. You aren't crying for him. You are crying for whatever memory or feeling this evokes w/in you for yourself or someone you've known or that you know. This is personal to you for personal reasons.
It is your self-righteousness that keeps you from understanding this and allows you to think that you are somehow different from another person who experiences their own "selfish" emotion that is a little different from your selfish emotion.
I haven't personally experienced suicide in my family, but I've had dear friends who have and I know that even with powerful, eternal love, these people also experience various forms of anger.
A variety of people feel a variety of things at a variety of times and you probably aren't as fabulous as you are pretending to be.
So piss off already.
ontheriver
Well-Known Member
and, have they found him yet? I have not seen any recovery boats or divers, so maybe they have... I have heard rumors of the name.....
AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
Nik Wallenda
Pyrotech
Les Paul Addict
You dont know me at all, nor how I think. I express displeasure with the self centered behavior that people display after this man jumped and I get "piss off already" in return? Im entitled to express what I think just as much as you or anyone else here. Like it or not. But thanks for the free pointles childish insult intended to engage me in an argument. I wont alter my posts to suit you nor how I feel about inconvenienced people and the dark humor at this mans expense as if you know the guy at all. to be fair, I dont either, but I still have a sour taste over how people are treating it regardless. Dont like it? Get over it.
"Fabulous" huh? Thats a new one.
P.S. Dont guess on my reasons for anything Ive said here (that I fully accept responsibility for and dont regret either, like that or not)- I dont need your input. As far as claiming that I am connecting this with a personal experience Ive had- youre way off. Its called compassion for a fellow human being who seems to have suffered something tramatic that you nor I can understand- bad enough to want to end it all.
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AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
I had a second cousin, 50 something, only child, parents in their late 70's. Father was terminally ill with cancer, mother had advanced alzheimers. His wife was a needy woman who got pissed because he spent a lot of time caring for his parents and decided to have an affair. She also decided to turn their children against him.
State wouldn't help with his parents, his employers medical insurance wouldn't cover anything, and social security wouldn't help. His wife asked for a divorce, alimony, child support for two kids and the house. He was pennieless, homeless, with no support because his parents didn't recognize him anymore and had depleted all their savings on medical bills. His work performance suffered and he was being terminated.
So, he gets in his mini-van one sunny saturday morning, waits through traffic on the bay bridge, crosses, hangs a U-turn to the slow side, puts his 4-way flashers on at the highest point, pulls all the way over to the right, gets out and climbs the railing and plummets to his death.
Some boaters heard him hit the water but didn't know it was a body. Cops didn't know, drivers thought the van was broken down, wizzed right on by, after about three hours someone noticed that it was strange for that vehicle to be there that long.
Synopsis; State took care of his parents, wife got jack schitt, and he had no more problems.
Case Closed:
State wouldn't help with his parents, his employers medical insurance wouldn't cover anything, and social security wouldn't help. His wife asked for a divorce, alimony, child support for two kids and the house. He was pennieless, homeless, with no support because his parents didn't recognize him anymore and had depleted all their savings on medical bills. His work performance suffered and he was being terminated.
So, he gets in his mini-van one sunny saturday morning, waits through traffic on the bay bridge, crosses, hangs a U-turn to the slow side, puts his 4-way flashers on at the highest point, pulls all the way over to the right, gets out and climbs the railing and plummets to his death.
Some boaters heard him hit the water but didn't know it was a body. Cops didn't know, drivers thought the van was broken down, wizzed right on by, after about three hours someone noticed that it was strange for that vehicle to be there that long.
Synopsis; State took care of his parents, wife got jack schitt, and he had no more problems.
Case Closed:
Pyrotech
Les Paul Addict
Damn....I had a second cousin, 50 something, only child, parents in their late 70's. Father was terminally ill with cancer, mother had advanced alzheimers. His wife was a needy woman who got pissed because he spent a lot of time caring for his parents and decided to have an affair. She also decided to turn their children against him.
State wouldn't help with his parents, his employers medical insurance wouldn't cover anything, and social security wouldn't help. His wife asked for a divorce, alimony, child support for two kids and the house. He was pennieless, homeless, with no support because his parents didn't recognize him anymore and had depleted all their savings on medical bills. His work performance suffered and he was being terminated.
So, he gets in his mini-van one sunny saturday morning, waits through traffic on the bay bridge, crosses, hangs a U-turn to the slow side, puts his 4-way flashers on at the highest point, pulls all the way over to the right, gets out and climbs the railing and plummets to his death.
Some boaters heard him hit the water but didn't no it was a body. Cops didn't know, drivers thought the van was broken down, wizzed right on by, after about three hours someone noticed that it was strange for that vehicle to be there that long.
Synopsis; State took care of his parents, wife got jack schitt, and he had no more problems.
Case Closed:
AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
I admire that man's determination and courtesy to this day.
Pyrotech
Les Paul Addict
I don't blame you
AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
It is not selfish, your life belongs to you, not to everyone else you may know. I'd say it's more selfish for the others to think they should have a say in when I decided to check out.
Nuh uh cause he'd have flown to safety.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
I guess to me the selfish part would be the funeral costs (he will eventually come up and need to be buried or cremated), any bills that may be left behind, if the guy had insurance and if it would pay in the event of a suicide. This doesn't even touch on the grief the family will be going through.
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AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
It only took an hour and forty five minutes for some one to catch that. Bravo!
I'd have caught it sooner but I had a deck and margarita calling my name.
AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Thank you. That's exactly what I said. To me, leaving someone with that burden is very selfish.
MMDad
Lem Putt
Almost everyone leaves behind funeral expenses, most leave behind bills, many die without insurance, and most families grieve when anyone dies.
I really don't see how these things are different for this guy than if he had just had a stroke or heart attack.