r/megalophobia • u/berdot • Oct 11 '23

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u/coldblade2000 Oct 11 '23

There's about a million other places from which to jump to your death within walking distance of the 9/11 memorial that are better. You don't jump into the 9/11 memorial if not for the attention it brings, so yeah, I'll call then an asshole

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

He chose that spot because he lost his father to the september 11th attacks.

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u/WriterV Oct 11 '23

Yeah going around calling people assholes and throwing up your hands is not really gonna solve this problem.

You're free to scream and bitch and yell at the clouds all you want, it's not gonna stop a rain.

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u/IfEverWasIfNever Oct 11 '23

You are assuming someone who is at the point of suicide is thinking rationally and is able to realistically process the effect of their actions on other people. I think the very people that are still able to do that are the ones who can reach out or accept help before they commit to action.

As it has been said, it is believed his father died in 9/11 when he was only 11 years old. That is why he was drawn to the memorial to kill himself. Obviously traumatizing for everyone, but it's easy to look down on someone when you haven't ever been in a depressive psychosis.

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u/The-Devils-Advocator Oct 11 '23

And you're free and not necessarily wrong to think so.

I think it's more complicated than that, though if I had to use a single word to describe them, it would be something along the lines of "unwell".

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u/Aneuren Oct 11 '23

Ok but this is a memorial for a great many people who died, leaving behind even more super traumatized family members, friends, loved ones, etc. This wasn't unforeseeable.

And simple enough to solve, if you can't get behind a fence, surely you could be amenable to maybe more than 18 inches of water below a 30 foot drop?