A freshman jumped out of the fourth floor of my dorm onto Virginia Avenue this afternoon.
He died. They don't know if it was a suicide, if he was pushed....they don't know *anything*. Seems like they never do.
I didn't know him, but it still kind of shakes you up, you know?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Oh no.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I can understand your shock. Someone did that at one of the dorms near me a couple of years ago. How terrible. How sad for him to feel there was no other way out.
Edit: If that was indeed the case, which I'm going to assume it was, due to the fact that suicides are more common than murder at colleges.
[ April 18, 2004, 08:25 PM: Message edited by: Valentine014 ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
How awful! Posted by angelily (Member # 6298) on :
What did he jump out of? His room window?
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
We have balconies on the side facing the street. They're supposed to be sealed shut -- not because of suicide, but rather because the Watergate is concerned about lowering property value if students are hanging off the balconies right across the street -- but a lot of them open anyway.
Posted by angelily (Member # 6298) on :
So it's the school's responsibility to keep them shut?
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Reminds me of Catcher in the Rye. Sheesh.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Our windows are all sealed shut above the second floor...to prevent suicides....but a lot of them can be unsealed with a pair of scissors or a pocketknife.
Mine can't, though...they've actually got a lot more sealing material on them than anyone else's windows, which really makes me wonder about the rumor of this room being haunted....
Anyways...*lots and lots of hugs for Kasie* I understand how unnerving that can be...
[ April 18, 2004, 09:30 PM: Message edited by: pH ]
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
We had a guy jump off the carpark next to our unit last year. The carpark that is in plain view of our apartment. Because we saw the whole thing (and could testify that he wasn't pushed) we had to talk to the police. We couldn't get there in time to stop him (it would have involved running down our four flights of stairs, across the road and then up 10 levels of carpark) so we just had to watch.
Tony had to check the body to make sure he had died.
It took us quite a while to get over that - it definately does shake you up.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Well they officially deemed it a suicide. He told his roommate he had to make a personal call so his roommate would leave the room. Then he called a friend down the hall and told him what he was going to do.
Then he jumped.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Oh, Kasie and imogen. I'm sorry. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
(((Kasie))) I understand what you're going though.
Last month, a girl at the dorm I work in died in a car crash. Her friends on the seventh floor were distraught, and the staff found out about it on my shift. She had been drinking, and she and her boyfriend (who lived an hour away) got in an argument. She when (basically) up the down ramp, hit a tractor, and then a Jeep.
It's a big blow to you, even if you don't know the person. But for the grace of God went I, you know? I mean, I don't drink or do drugs or anything, but the people who do usually hit drivers who are sober.
(((imogen))) I'm sorry you had to see that.
Posted by Doug J (Member # 1323) on :
It stays with you. The last Sunday in bootcamp a guy jumped off the building across the road from my barracks, the same building i stayed at my first month there. He was married and had a young kid and had been there less than a month. Still to this day i wonder why he just didn't tell someone he couldn't handle it, they would have given him a discharge. Trust me, it stays with you.
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