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let me tell you a thing about suicide-
today i was driving to the mall with my family just to look around, not buy anything, to just really enjoy life. i was listening to franz ferdinand’s ‘love illumination’ on repeat. on the way there we were stopped (to those familiar to the area, this took place on the mini bridge with the high way below just off the exit of the actual high way) and i watched a guy have some extreme issues lighting flares. i figured since the whole bridge was blocked off, there was probably an accident. that man eventually lit his flare and walked back over to police, who pointed to the fence on the bridge. there, i noticed a girl who had crawled over and was threatening to jump to her death. i tried to be optimistic about the situation, like maybe she’s just trying to enjoy the breeze. but the sirens and flashing lights and this beautiful girl screaming at the world totally moved me. the police stopped the traffic below, and eventually we were told to go on forward, in the case that she did leap and smash herself against the cold, hard asphalt. my dad being the surgeon that he is told my brother and i that even if she did leap, the worst she could do is break a leg. she couldn’t fully kill herself. i saw people pull their cars over as close as possible to the bridge and just watch this girl clinging to the fence, bending and straightening her legs wildly, yelling and screaming at police officers. my dad asked me if i think she’ll fully commit to her attempt, and i said no. why? because she’s thinking about it. now i’m not omnificent to all things suicide but i’ve seen my share of documentaries and books and i can compare and contrast situations. by the time my family and i returned to the bridge, they had gotten the girl down from the overpass and into an ambulance. this really scared me though. the fact that i thought everything was pretty okay in the world, while someone was preparing to end theirs. it really breaks my heart to see someone so upset with themselves or with whatever the hell is going on in their world that they resort to ending it. seeing someone attempt to commit suicide is totally different from what you read in books or what you see in movies, or overhear from another person. it feels like you’re right there with them, falling, or at least it did for me. i don’t believe i have any connections whatsoever with this girl, but where ever she is, i hope things are going to improve for her.
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let me tell you a thing about suicide- today i was driving to

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inspirational · advice · suicide · mall · jumper · attempt · gmh