A life saved ? by John Cooper

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24 05 2006	BEC

A life saved ?

Beachy Head.

A young lady, a jumper suspect. is grappled to the ground and held by the police. I hope she can be helped to overcome her problems and learn to enjoy this wonderful life.
I will not publish the other pictures, they are too distressing

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Guest		14-Oct-2021 14:17
PJW Can anyone imagine the criticism of the Police if the Officers had not restrained the lady. Passively standing by, "OK love jump if you want to". Part of their duty is the protection of life and property. The biggest question is, why do some people hang about instead of getting on with it? Perhaps they want an audience, or in fact never intended to jump [fall as some some say] in the first place.

D		09-Apr-2016 12:56
Yip. Can one not choose to die? Please don't judge these people,we don't know all the facts,do we? God only does. D.

sharky		07-Apr-2015 21:30
There should be places one can go to die. A euthanasia clinic. Somewhere safe* and comfortable where one can clock out. It could be in the nhs. (Safe from intrusion by priests and others who do not respect the right to self-determination)

Olga		10-Aug-2013 13:09
I did not choose to be born but at least I can choose when I want to die if i am brave enough to do it.

JT		23-Nov-2012 20:34
there is some kind of irony in peoples comments,im going to explain mine from a first person persective i dont judge you please do not judge me ONLY HE THE BIG MAN CAN ,firstly there will never be a solution to people jumping or committing as society see such a selfshish act as thank god 99 percent of society would never think of doing such a thing 99 PERCENT OF SOCIETY THAT STILL LEAVES A HUGE PORTION OF OUR FELLOW HUMANS ,i have taken a overdose not very succseffull,cut my wrists home by midnight,beg banged on doors of hospitals,gave my doctor migranes,seen councillers,medicated.there are people out there that will listen and not judge i know suicide will be my destiny and feel for the familys and the good people of the beachy head chaplincy i will get by you,,, but my google searches all lead to the same conclusion,BEACHY HEAD A PLACE I FEEL SO CLOSE TO BUT HAVE NEVER VISITED,BUT WILL PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE THESE PEOPLE.There was a boy whoo jumped off the golden gate briide san fransico (documentry the bridge)were they filmed the bridge night and day for a year this boy only survivor or one of very few stood on the bridge for nearly a hour in tears no one asked if he was ok only a couple who asked him to take a photo,had someone just said are you ok he would not of jumped his own words i ofor one cannot afford the plane ticket so beachy head will it be ONLY WHEN,PRAY FOR SOMEONE THIS XMAS J,,T 10/04/1971 ??/11/2012

A		08-Nov-2012 20:05
I agree with Lana. Emotional or physical pain, you should have the right to end it if you choose and not have these busy bodies interfere.

Lana		07-Nov-2012 17:34
Sometimes it's the only answer. If you have chronic pain which overtakes your life, you just want to end it.

G Cooper		11-Jul-2012 09:22
I fully agree with one of the guests comments regarding what the young lady you photographed, thought. No one EVER does ask you if you want to live, and no, working hard at making it good wont make you succeed, it just leads to further problems!

Guest		25-Jun-2012 09:15
A life saved? Sadly, those who have made prior suicide attempts are much more likely to make further attempts until they succeed.

John Cooper		22-Mar-2012 15:55
OK Jason, you have found the problem, now solve it, any way you like.

C Lane		09-Feb-2010 17:41
But we are juat one or two decisions away from the gutter or ending it all

John Cooper		17-Aug-2007 06:13
Everybody who is not mentally ill has the choice to change their life, for better or worse as they see fit. If you sit and wait for the good stuff to start, there is a good chance you will be unlucky. Work hard at making it good, you will almost certainly succeed.

Guest		17-Aug-2007 03:55
This young lady probably thought that life was uninteresting and not worth the trouble. Funny thing is everywhere you go people are always asking you what you want, but of course nobody ever asked you if you want to live. Your parents just create you and everybody assumes that life is this wonderful thing that you want. You can live for many decades and wonder every day when does the good stuff start? Then one day you realize there is nothing better coming.

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