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Will
Thank you. Life is so precious. I've lost a loved one to suicide and there is no understanding why. It is tragic all the way around for everyone it touches.
posted by
Krisles
on August 4, 2005 at 6:14 PM
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What a shame and awful waste of human life. I've seen it too many times
From car garages, bedrooms, bathtubs, the highway and the hotels on the interstate. It's always sad and it always leaves someone asking Why? This post reminded me of why life is so special. Thanks for writing it.
posted by
I-R-William
on August 4, 2005 at 6:06 PM
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MayB
Thank you. I appreciate your comment. Yes, pedestrian cases are horrible...and leave lasting imprints in the minds of drivers...their descriptions are almost always quite vivid; even those who don't usually express themselves very colorfully. Thanks for the read.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 4:42 PM
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Medusa
Thank you so much....that means a lot, coming from you. Cases like this, where I could be there for someone in such tragic circumstances...to comfort them, talk them through it...always made my job worth it.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 4:40 PM
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I think that when people throw themselves in front of cars and trains etc it is one of the toughest things for drivers to deal with. Well told
posted by
Azur
on August 2, 2005 at 4:21 PM
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krisles...one of your finest pieces of work....
Enough said. Period.
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on August 2, 2005 at 4:17 PM
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mcbreeze
Tragedy comes in all shapes and sizes, affects all of us in different ways....there is no way to measure it, quantify it, compare it...we all recognize it when we see it and we all share in the tears...it is the human condition and thank God we are here to comfort one another. I can never stay on my pity pot for long because I know that there is so much worse going on at each moment in time, somewhere, for someone.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 3:25 PM
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Tapsel
Children were the most frequent pedestrian fatalities I handled and it was always horrible to take the drivers' statements. Those moments are frozen in time for most of them...the sounds and the feel of the impact....the face of the victim. I've even had to talk to a couple of parents who have hit their own children in drive-way incidents. And then, there are those few who were too drunk to even know what happened until the next day... Automobiles are instruments of death.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 3:22 PM
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Krisles, I have never gotten over hitting a puppy once about 25 years ago. It was horrible. I will see and hear it all for the rest of my life. How hard it would be to live with something like this even thought it is what the woman thought she wanted. What a sad situation all around.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 2, 2005 at 1:46 PM
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poor guy makes me think you
here i am thinking i`m the only one in the world with problems but i`m not and it`s like mand just said my post about when i ran that hedge-hog over (no laughing) please but i was distraught and that was just a hedge-hog but to me it was the end of the world so i can`t imagine wot it was for him. poor guy.x
posted by
mcbreeze
on August 2, 2005 at 12:11 PM
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Strat
Thank you....I have so many stories from my years dealing with tragedies; but some, like this one, really stand out in my mind. I was always glad that since I didn't specifically choose the career I had, at least I ended up in one that utilized my gift of empathy and love for people.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 12:01 PM
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MW
I felt very little compassion for her....I'll never forget the sound of that man trying to hold it together to give me a statement. How she could do that to a total stranger - well, I know she was out of her mind, but it just took away the normal amount of sadness I would have felt for her. And this was after I had lost Jim through suicide so I would have thought I'd been full of compassion for her.
posted by
Krisles
on August 2, 2005 at 11:58 AM
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Tragedy is exactly what it is.
As always, beautifully, powerfully, poignantly written.
posted by
strat
on August 2, 2005 at 11:37 AM
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Kris
OMG, that is so awful. While I have compassion for people who feel pain so deeply that they see no way out, I've been there myself, I find the act of involving another person, an innocent party a very, vry selfish thing to do.
That poor man is probably scarred for the rest of his life and just reading this makes my heart break for him.
posted by
Bel_
on August 2, 2005 at 4:17 AM
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Passion
It was...I've had other suicide claims but this was one of the hardest just because this kid was so earnest and the thing with feeling her body under his feet was so vivid.
posted by
Krisles
on August 1, 2005 at 11:17 PM
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Very sad tale.
What a terribly selfish thing this woman did .... People ...
posted by
Passionflower
on August 1, 2005 at 11:13 PM
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