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Trey Blog came across the scene of a failed suicide attempt, which happened a few weeks ago. The images are sad yet fascinating. Someone, it seems, jumped from the top of a Fell Street apartment building in a suicide attempt and smashed into a car windshield. A small note was left behind detailing the events. We hope the victim is alive and well.
In the meantime, do enjoy these harrowing scenes of the scene in question.
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well shit. that totally sucks.
I hope the individual involved in this incident got the help he/she needed.
must...not...make..."fell"...pun
shit, that really does suck.
How did the Note Writer know that the owner of the car was "Mark"?
CKET nailed that awning.
Attempted suicide porn? How gory and unnecessary.
The Note Writer was maybe a police officer who could find the driver's name from his license plates.
Be prepared for more of these when the suicide net gets put up under the GG Bridge.
My first thought: "Geeze I hope his insurance doesn't give him a rough time"
I like how the note writer tries to avoid mentioning they should be careful of the blood all over the car. As though it's somehow considerate and might have been shocking to mention.
I'm thinking finding a car with a bloody, mangled whole in the middle of it is pretty damned shocking already. Pointing out something as critical as avoiding the diseased blood would seem like a little grounding perspective.
He is alive, and only has a few broken bones. When he jumped/fell (no one knows for sure, as he was convinced that there were people on the roof) he hit the power lines which broke his fall. He's a good guy with problems. what a tragic event.
how sad!
That's what happens when you buy imports
I swear there is a hazardous waste team on the SFPD.
I have so many questions! Who wrote the note, how is having AIDS relevant and is that true? I'm confused.
it's San Francisco. Who doesn't have AIDS. Geesh. I think he has much worse problems now.
I think the AIDS comment in the note was to let the owner of the car know not to rub the fresh blood into any open wounds he might have.
AIDS is relevant because of the blood on the car, @kmsinsf. Also, if you're planning on killing yourself by jumping off a building, which I hope you don't and that this man didn't, go at least ten stories up. You have a much better chance of reaching your maximum velocity.
Caltrain works better for this sort of thing, but this only inconvenienced a few people.
@zstone: if one must kill oneself, then one should be considerate and do it in private. Why jump off something and risk injuring an innocent person/ruining someone's property/surviving but now maimed or disfigured?
No sympathy for public suicide attempts (not saying that's what happened here, maybe he fell), I'm just saying in general.
Whatever happened to just staying home and quietly swallowing a bottle of pills? Hope the person in question gets the proper treatment. It's rough out there these days.
This is sad, but wow.
I find this all together icky...
And I'm with RobinSF. Pills. At home. In the dark. After a bottle of expensive merlot while listening to Eliott Smith. Right?
Upset about proposition Haight, he Fell off the roof and hit an Oak on the way down.
Now he's on the front Page.
Oznog's comment suggests it's not possible to make bad puns and also feel sympathy for the guy, but in my opinion, you can Duboce.
theo, you are on fire today.
*golf clap for theo*
this thread has some cold shit. props.
Actually, DJBurrito, most folks are surprised to learn what emergency personnel DON'T clean up from an incident scene. Many, many families have horrifyingly learned this the hard way. There's a nonprofit in the East Bay trying to offer site clean-up from violent incidents for little or no cost to people who can't afford it, but they're a small group.
That "popular prick" ad banner above this story (not always there, but a refresh will probably bring it) links to an odd and aggressive pitch for a self-help book for "losers." This is one of the creepiest uses of keyword ad placement I've seen to date. He seems to use keywords like "suicidal" and "aspergers" (I googled).
Obviously this is the way modern advertising works and it can be very efficient, but it kind of serves as an even more cynical layer on top of this already somewhat gratuitous story.
Seems kind of Neal Stephensonesque.
Mr. Keeling-
I hardly find your phrase "enjoy these harrowing scenes of the scene" enjoyable. Someone fell through a windshield and you're hoping we enjoy it? Perhaps you were trying to be clever?
Hardly. More like revolting.
Was a story about this published anywhere?