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Has anyone witnessed someone jumping in front of a train?
mizhog
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sadly you hear this happens more and more on london underground...has anyone been on the same platform and seen it happen?
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A homeless woman jumped from a multi-story car park in my town yesterday. The amount of people that b*tched because their kids saw it. :mad:
When my partner works in London, he is often late home because of a "one under". Never seen anything similar myself.
Lucky I wasn't too close, as a nearby lady got covered in "matter" from the jumper, and was completely hysterical until a doctor sedated her.
I didn't sleep for days after, and still have nightmares about it.
A horrible thing. Part of me thinks why die like that though, don't get me wrong I feel for anyone who commits suicide, but that's such a public way and it will hurt/damage many others. The people who see it and especially the train driver!
I just don't get it, why hurt so many others, you know?
Bit of a raw subject, sorry if I've offended anyone
I'm so sorry to hear that. How awful
I don't think people are thinking straight. If they were, they probably wouldn't be jumping in front of a train.
He was a middle-aged guy, I would assume early 50s and once on the platform, he started to cry profusely. I was standing next to the chairs where they helped him sit. I offered him some napkins, he blubbered out a little thank you then started to say how he wishes he could just die, that his wife left him and she took their children to live in Portugal. Shortly after some TFL people came and escorted him God knows where.
It was one of the weirdest moments of my life. Now that I've just typed that, I wonder what happened to him.
I was trying to look through a gap in the crowd when a stranger behind me covered my eyes and turned me round, and pushed me towards an exit behind us. He asked if I was with anyone. Nope. He ordered me to get a bus. I was scared stiff of his stern face, so I got a bus.
Suicide is rarely a quick decision in my experience, most people think of it for a while before they finally do it. A downwards spiral so to speak.
Get home?.
She was sedated and taken to hospital in an ambulance with a policeman with her (transpired it was to collect her clothes at the hospital as they were evidence) no doubt someone would have had to take the poor woman home....
i find it funny that they couldn't scrape it off the platform
Thank you, it was many years ago, my brother also committted suicide.
Some genetic defect, my sister is also mentally handicapped, so a consultant claims.
He has had several people throw themselves in front of his train.
No, thank goodness.
i did see someone walking down the side of the track once not looking jolly. [i rang 999].
How awful for him, hope he's OK. I remember when it happened to my dad - he was a driver on the underground - it took weeks for him to get back to work and the nightmares went on for a long time.
I feel for those who think suicide is the only answer, but this is an incredibly selfish way to do it.
So sorry to hear this, Woodbush.
A terrible way to go through - and the impact on the driver is also terrible. Yet also very selfish - as your actions could affect thousands (e.g. causing people to miss important events etc).
I would also be worried about what happens if it didn't work - surely you could end up horribly maimed.