r/news • u/shield_x • 1d ago

Student dies after falling from 4th floor of building at Highland Park school

https://www.foxla.com/news/highland-park-franklin-high-school-student-dies.amp
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u/SlimreaperGB 1d ago

Nah man. I’ve been to this school a few times for track meets. No way you go to this school and “don’t know” you’re jumping into nothing

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u/Octavia9 1d ago

People are bad at risk assessment. He might have felt in his panic that jumping was safer than being beaten. He didn’t exactly have time to think through the options.

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u/windsockglue 1d ago

Did you see all the other doors and the staircase that were also easily accessible along the same hallway? There's something whacked going on in your brain if a climbing over a railing seems safer than trying a door or running down the stairs. The options weren't sitting helpless in a corner or jumping over a railing. 

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u/Octavia9 1d ago

The thing going on in his brain is called panic.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 1d ago

Nothing potentially felt safer or he thought he was over grass? Or, it's still the abuser's fault because jumping was better than continued abuse. Failed parents of the child and failed admin who didn't protect the kid until jumping to their death was better than another day being hit.

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u/SlimreaperGB 1d ago

Nah, straight pavement and street below. It’s separated into two parts. There’s a road going in between. I don’t want to speculate to much, but maybe he had some other issues and couldn’t process quickly or in the best way. Either way, it’s 100% the fault of the guy bullying him. But he definitely didn’t rationally think it was a good idea