British man jumps to his death at Central Festival mall in Pattaya

 

 

A British man leapt to his death at the Central Festival shopping mall in Pattaya on Thursday.

 

Police and rescue workers attended the scene at approximately 4.30pm after receiving a report that a foreign man had died.

 

The victim, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

More information when it becomes available.

 

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Saw the post on TV Facebook.   Hopefully we can get security footage soon that shows what happened.

Why would some one jump INSIDE a mall?

Another one?

 

Always saddens me to hear of these reports.

 

New news and no real details so no further comment.

 

RIP fella.

Always tragic to hear of these happenings....

 

Central Shopping Mall chosen again....

 

Time for the owners to look at ways of deterring these sad events

 

A Start with higher ballustrades etc. maybe

 

RIP 

2 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why would some one jump INSIDE a mall?

Not the first time in this particular mall.

Seriously, why all the jumping... must be terrifying on the way down plus it is traumatic to the witnesses. Why not just OD. I often think that the method in Soylent Green would be best... surround yourself with positive images and music of your choice, then sleep......

Not sure he was aware of his location only he was high up and the overwhelming sense to end it all very very sad????RIP

2 hours ago, DD13 said:

Always tragic to hear of these happenings....

 

Central Shopping Mall chosen again....

 

Time for the owners to look at ways of deterring these sad events

 

A Start with higher ballustrades etc. maybe

 

RIP 

Terminal 21 is even more dangerous for that to happen as straight line down from the hight's

AGAIN!!!  Jumping, stabbed by thai woman, and motorbike deaths...it's constant here...don't even care anymore.  Whatever...welcome to lovely Thailand...don't forget to do your 90 day report to mom.

3 hours ago, happy chappie said:

ill bet it involves love,money mixed with booze.

That could describe the life of almost anyone who has ever existed.

Foreigner jumps to death in Pattaya department store

By The Nation

 

 

A foreigner jumped to his death from the sixth floor of a shopping complex in Chon Buri’s Pattaya City on Thursday afternoon.

 

The man, whose nationality is unknown, was rushed to a nearby hospital though he was declared dead at the scene. 

 

Pol Lt-Colonel Pitak Nernsang, an investigator from the Pattaya Police Station, said police learned at 5.30pm that a foreigner aged about 50 had fallen from the sixth floor of Central Pattaya Beach Department store.

 

The body was covered with a white sheet by the time the police arrived, and initial investigation found that the man’s arms, legs and neck were broken and the skull was fractured. There were no documents on his person for identification, Pitak said. 

 

A vendor near the site on the sixth floor said she noticed a foreigner trying to climb over the barrier, but had let go by the time she got to him. 

 

 

The body has been sent to a nearby hospital for an autopsy.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30369544

 

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RPI too young to die.   I wonder if the new insurance rules had anything to do with it?

34 minutes ago, Mango Bob said:

RPI too young to die.   I wonder if the new insurance rules had anything to do with it?

How low can one go?

Pretty sad that someone has issues so bad they resort to this. Perhaps the charcoal method in private would have been a better choice if he had to do it.  RIP

11 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why would some one jump INSIDE a mall?

I guess it offers the same opportunities and certainties as outside or a high floor on a condo!

RIP

"...rushed to a nearby hospital though he was declared dead at the scene."

Ahem. I may be off on this, but ambulance biz is lucrative and competitive. Could the rush have less to do with victims state of being and more with $$ incentives all around?

Headline reads jumped police say fell?

7 minutes ago, Kevin mcbeath said:

Headline reads jumped police say fell?

Yes, they never say 'pushed'. Otherwise they might have to do some work.

To those who are trying to make sense of this sad horrific thing.

completing suicide seems rational to the person doing it, and is the best alternative as they see it.

the comments about why in a mall why this why that are perhaps a waste of time n focus.

the overwhelming experience a person has that they see as motivation to kill themselves are myriad.

Interstellar levels of self-loathing is nearly always a component of suicidal people whether they complete or not.

in the case of serious and or terminal illness such loathing and self hatred usually excludes this thinking and associated emotions.

if you are having despairing thoughts or notice a friend taking high risks or withdrawing or letting go of self care then ask them with intent are they feeling ok.

its okay to talk about self harm thinking with and to others.

talking about, broaching the subject with a despairing person does not encourage or initiate self harm episodes, quite the contrary????

men are far more likely to self harm then women. So go talk to your mates.

 

 

Good Lord !!!!

 

I certainly hope he had sufficient life insurance.....

RIP
"...rushed to a nearby hospital though he was declared dead at the scene."
Ahem. I may be off on this, but ambulance biz is lucrative and competitive. Could the rush have less to do with victims state of being and more with $$ incentives all around?

Correct. You are off on this


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12 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why would some one jump INSIDE a mall?

If you're going to jump why not?  It's so easy to climb over the low barriers and none of the hassle of trying to get up to the roof.  Also if it happens to be a spur of the moment decision you are hardly going to be standing on a roof are you?  I've often looked over the sides of escalators on the way up and thought how easy it would be.

12 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why would some one jump INSIDE a mall?

air-con

If your going to “off yourself” , do it where you don’t put others at risk either physically or emotionally.  Very selfish and disturbed man. 

If you’re going to do this, have some decency. Keep your passport on your person, wear a diaper, and go do this at a construction site or something. 

9 hours ago, P Funk said:

Seriously, why all the jumping... must be terrifying on the way down plus it is traumatic to the witnesses. Why not just OD. I often think that the method in Soylent Green would be best... surround yourself with positive images and music of your choice, then sleep......

Another selfish mofo who jumps in public and don't give a f..... about everyone else around them, especially all the small kids around. They will be scarred for life seeing the dead body and blood of yet another suicide done in public.

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

RIP

"...rushed to a nearby hospital though he was declared dead at the scene."

Ahem. I may be off on this, but ambulance biz is lucrative and competitive. Could the rush have less to do with victims state of being and more with $$ incentives all around?

How does the ambulance make money if the victim is dead and can't pay for the ambulance?

9 minutes ago, lust said:

If you’re going to do this, have some decency. Keep your passport on your person, wear a diaper, and go do this at a construction site or something. 

Is their a written code of ethics on how one should top oneself for the mentally unwell? Would they even be able to read and comprehend it in their condition? RIP.

18 minutes ago, Penicillin said:

If your going to “off yourself” , do it where you don’t put others at risk either physically or emotionally.  Very selfish and disturbed man. 

Absolutely spot on with your post!