IMO, I believe it was undeniably evident to all family members from the moment emergency personnel made their medical assessment of MS as a result of his fall, if not sooner, that MS was brain dead. IMO, the medical diagnosis was equivalent to death; perhaps, even more painful to process than death because JS & DS knew full well it was their call to pull MS's life support. I believe ultimately JS & DS/DR understood immediately they would be responsible for determining how much longer MS lived based on the medical decisions they made on behalf of MS from that point forward. Because JS & DS/DR decided to have MS donate his organs, I believe they had no other option but to keep MS alive until his organs were removed and all respective compatible recipients were contacted. What a terrible burden for parents. I imagine JS & DS/DR were devastated emotionally, physically & psychologically yet despite their desperate state of being it was necessary for them to proceed with the task of MS's final arrangements immediately. IMO, the reason MS was kept alive beyond the date of his balcony fall was because of the decision that JS & DS made to donate MS's organs. Therefore, when I read comments that MS died after RN...well, I think for all intents and purposes the fall really killed MS right then and there. After that point, JS & DS were consumed with making MS's final arrangements. So, I think JS & DS clearly knew MS's fate was death before the passing of RN. IMO, MS died immediately from the fall from the balcony...his actual date of death was almost symbolic in my mind.