What did you notice about how the one police officer reacted to prevent the suicide?
How would you feel seeing someone who committed suicide?
How can train crews be affected by someone committing suicide?
What should you do if you feel suicidal or you see it in others?
Living along the Pascack Valley Line of NJT, the trains roll by near my living room. Yet there is an issue on the rise in my neck of the woods. We have had several suicides on the line in recent years. A 19 year old girl in Park Ridge jumped in front of an oncoming train. Kids walk on the tracks all over the line and they cross illegally. It is a problem system wide. A train almost hit kids a couple years ago. The railroad put up a fence where I live, but people go around it ignoring the danger.
In Montvale, an old man stood on the grade crossing and was struck by an oncoming commuter train. Needless to say, it blocked traffic for miles. When I finally got to go over the crossing, I saw a bloody sheet where the body was and the fire department was hosing off the crossing. The water had a red tinge to it and it is one of those horrible things you cannot forget.
If you are thinking of killing yourself, think of what you are doing and how it will affect others. Again, you will affect the engineers, passengers, first responders and people in your life that care about you. Several railroads do have hotlines that you can call. Make that call and get help. Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. NOTHING is worth killing yourself over.
The video below shows the impact suicide has on British Railway Police.