Man jumps from plane with no parachute

[SeekingJana]

Looks like it was suicide. What a horrific way to go.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364502,00.html

DUANESBURG, N.Y. — A 29-year-old man who plunged to his death from a skydiving plane with no parachute on Saturday committed suicide, state police said.

Sloan Carafello of Schenectady was described as an observer on the small plane. Witnesses say he leaped out behind three parachuters.

An autopsy on Sunday found that the cause of death was massive trauma, and state police investigator Mario DiCristofaro says the death was ruled a suicide.

Carafello's co-workers tell the Times Union of Albany that he asked them frequently in recent months, "If you had to die, would you rather jump off a building or jump out of a plane without a parachute?"

I guess it's obvious, but there is a lesson here. If anyone in our lives starts talking about suicide, even in terms of a question like this young man was asking, then we need to take them seriously. Anyone who even casually threatens suicide has an emotional problem of some sort which needs treatment. He asked his friends about the airplane vs. building not because he didn't know the answer, but because he was having strong suicidal ideation which no one apparently picked up on.
I know they see it in hindsight and are sad.. maybe we can be lucky enough to act before a desperate person does.

With respect to all,
:blowkiss:
Maria

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Wow really? Massive trauma?? How remarkable.

 

[nappy2]

Well that is one way to do it ,that there is no turning back!

 

[bakerprune64]

I take it you've never done it, because if you had you would never refer to the planes they use as "perfectly good"

My dad used to when he was in the Air Force, he said compared to the splat on the ground, the plane was perfectly good