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FLAMESRULE · 05-08-2015, 10:13 AM

Suicides are awful to watch.

I witnessed one at Shagannappi golf course about 15 years ago. Was in University and me and 3 buddies drove in to hit the range before playing a round. As you drive in you look north at the river, and there are the high tensile power lines and towers that go E-W. Well, there was a ton of cops, fire trucks, and ambulances and we had no idea what was going on. We got our balls and headed to the range when somebody told us there was a dude that climbed the tower right north of the range and was going to hang himself.

We finally looked up and saw him with the firefighter HRT at the base trying to talk to him. We kidded around that there was no way he's jumping. We hit a few balls and stopped to grab a drink. Well, as we're looking at the dude, he jumped. I'll never forget it.

Mental health is still so stigmatized, often with tragic consequences.

05-08-2015, 10:13 AM	#49
FLAMESRULE First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The centre of everything Exp:	Suicides are awful to watch. I witnessed one at Shagannappi golf course about 15 years ago. Was in University and me and 3 buddies drove in to hit the range before playing a round. As you drive in you look north at the river, and there are the high tensile power lines and towers that go E-W. Well, there was a ton of cops, fire trucks, and ambulances and we had no idea what was going on. We got our balls and headed to the range when somebody told us there was a dude that climbed the tower right north of the range and was going to hang himself. We finally looked up and saw him with the firefighter HRT at the base trying to talk to him. We kidded around that there was no way he's jumping. We hit a few balls and stopped to grab a drink. Well, as we're looking at the dude, he jumped. I'll never forget it. Mental health is still so stigmatized, often with tragic consequences.