Saved by Trash!

[3113]

From here.

Authorities in New York City say a man who tried to jump to his death from his ninth floor apartment was saved by a heap of trash bags that had gone uncollected since last week's blizzard.

Fire officials say the 26-year-old was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan shortly after noon on Sunday. He was listed in critical but stable condition. His aunt, Katharina Capatos, tells the New York Post it was lucky the city had the snow and hadn't cleared the garbage. She says her nephew told her recently that he was worried about being evicted from his rent-stabilized apartment.

The city resumed garbage pickup on Monday for the first time the Christmas weekend blizzard dumped over 20 inches of snow on the city.

So, would one say that this was an act of god and a message to keep on living?

 

[Stella_Omega]

So, would one say that this was an act of god and a message to keep on living?

Mmmm... no.

 

[Handley_Page]

From here.

So, would one say that this was an act of god and a message to keep on living?

Some might, at least until logical minds prevail.
The moral might be "get an apartment on the 20th floor".

On the other hand. . . . .

 

[jomar]

Not trying to be funny...he might have had an epiphany half way down and be joyous about living, but depending on the type/level of depression (vs impulsive desperation, alcohol?) he could feel even worse because it's confirmation he can't do anything right

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Not trying to be funny...he might have had an epiphany half way down and be joyous about living, but depending on the type/level of depression (vs impulsive desperation, alcohol?) he could feel even worse because it's confirmation he can't do anything right

The only RL case like that I know of is about a chap who jumped off the Golden Gate. And he did have an epiphany half-way down. He changed position so that he entered the water in a straight line, feet first. He'd been up on the edge long enough that the SFPD's harbor patrol boat was waiting for him and after he was released from the hospital he began a campaign to 'suicide proof' the bridge. I believe that, at long last, he was successful--assuming my memory is accurate.

 

[jomar]

The only RL case like that I know of is about a chap who jumped off the Golden Gate. And he did have an epiphany half-way down. He changed position so that he entered the water in a straight line, feet first. He'd been up on the edge long enough that the SFPD's harbor patrol boat was waiting for him and after he was released from the hospital he began a campaign to 'suicide proof' the bridge. I believe that, at long last, he was successful--assuming my memory is accurate.

That rings a bell...I think I saw a segment on TV on him...had to do with some report on how many had jumped off the GGB over the years...don't remember a report on his completed suicide, or whatever it's called.

 

[3113]

Not trying to be funny...he might have had an epiphany half way down and be joyous about living, but depending on the type/level of depression (vs impulsive desperation, alcohol?) he could feel even worse because it's confirmation he can't do anything right

Well, there is certainly a kind of poetry in a suicide trying to "trash" himself saved by trash. One might take it as a metaphor.

 

[mynameisben]

Maybe all it means is that whenever you know trash pick-up will be delayed, that's a really good time to throw out your old anvils.

 

[TE999]

From here.

So, would one say that this was an act of god and a message to keep on living?

Nope. It's a message to Bloomberg to get his ass in gear and collect the garbage and for New York pedestrians to walk close to the buildings.

 

[Boota]

When I read the title I thought my brother's girlfriend had performed CPR on someone.