Rimmer Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Danish resident falls from 23rd balcony at Jomtien Condominium PATTAYA:--Just after 9am on Monday, a Danish man is reported to have fallen to his death from a 23rd floor balcony onto air-conditioning compressors located on the 5th floor. Police and medics rushed to the condominium complex on Jomtien Beach and despite efforts at the scene to resuscitate the victim he was pronounced dead-at-the-scene moments after doctors arrived. The dead man was identified as Mr. David Roegen aged 22 from Denmark and he was known to be living in room number 2317. Inside the room, Police found evidence of drug taking but no actual narcotics were found. Full story:http://www.pattayaon...en-condominium/ -- Pattaya One 2013-01-14 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokrick Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 22 years old, how very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslim Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 it's time for a full balcony crackdown in pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 it's time for a full balcony crackdown in pattaya Yep...time to ban assault balconys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarstenBoAndersen Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 He was old enough to take drugs !! What are they thinking about ?? What about their families ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted January 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2013 Condolences to the friends and family of this young Dane. Very tragic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Another one for the mounting Body Count . But no one will probably ever know the actual facts. Tragic loss of a young life R I P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) sad another tragic loss of life in jomtien R.I.P sympathies to the family Edited January 14, 2013 by scotto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejones Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. He lived alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetoo Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 sad another tragic loss of life in jomtien R.I.P sympathies to the family What is with Jomtien and these Balcony deaths...?? Wow this is really unbelievable and so many of them very young people ... so sad ! but... what is it..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych01 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. I was thinking the same, I did also try to do a search on Google but, under the criteria I entered nothing was coming back. More specifically I would like to know the figures in, high farrang, destinations within Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Seems like a room without a balcony in Pattaya & surrounds, is a bonus! So sad, too young. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 There are definitely some people who choose to jump here. Notes or personal effects (medication for terminal illnesses etc.) left behind is proof. There are definitely some people who are helped to jump here. No real proof, but some cases just look too suspicious to be accidental. There are definitely also some people who fall by accident from buildings where the balcony rails are rather low. The guard rail in my building is much higher than many I have seen, and some of those other places make me slightly nervous which I never am on my own balcony. There was a drunken Russian last year who went over his balcony rail after slipping on his own vomit, in full view of several witnesses in the room (unless they were all lying). I think that alcohol/drug consumption may be a big contributing factor to all three groups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OMGImInPattaya Posted January 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2013 sad another tragic loss of life in jomtien R.I.P sympathies to the family What is with Jomtien and these Balcony deaths...?? Wow this is really unbelievable and so many of them very young people ... so sad ! but... what is it..?? Have you ever noticed how low on average the height of your typical Thai balcony railing is...much lower than any balcony I ever recall seeing "back home." When you combine this with your taller than average farang (compared to locals) and their higher center of gravity and the often inebriated state of many locals and holiday makers, it's quite easy to see how many accidentally tip over the edge. I always stay well away from the edge of any Thai balcony...and I don't even drink or do drugs! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHamon Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 What is with Jomtien and these Balcony deaths...?? They are everywhere, I know they're a lot lower than what have been used to for 30 years before i came to Thailand. Could it trully be so possible that everyone misjudges the height like being from there home country and fall over. I'm always super weary, I'm 6"2 and they always feel like they're around my knee height 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. I was thinking the same, I did also try to do a search on Google but, under the criteria I entered nothing was coming back. More specifically I would like to know the figures in, high farrang, destinations within Thailand. If you searched under "Thai Visa conspiracy theories" you'd probably hit a rich vein. Your use of "high farang" ought to have been equally productive. Edited January 15, 2013 by Suradit69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyrobot Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 9 am in the morning , he must of had a bad night, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. I was going to ask the same thing . . . is it just that these incidents seem to make the headlines, or is Pattaya way over what (might) be considered normal on balcony "falls"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRealDeal Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 What is with Jomtien and these Balcony deaths...?? They are everywhere, I know they're a lot lower than what have been used to for 30 years before i came to Thailand. Could it trully be so possible that everyone misjudges the height like being from there home country and fall over. I'm always super weary, I'm 6"2 and they always feel like they're around my knee height Actually you were correct in the end not the beginning ..... The fact that the rails are obviuosly lower would make most sensible people act like you, and take extra care not misjudge the height. In the same way most people high up in a buliding would not stand as close to the edge if their was no window installed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. He lived alone. Just stay away from the balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Some posts removed, have some respect please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgis Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 In Amsterdam it is forbidden for hotels to have windows that can open because of drug abuse and jumping people. It should be the same here, but also because of pushers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Condolences to all who would have been sadden by this , I have never heard of so many deaths from balconies in one city .. Edited January 15, 2013 by Rimmer Quoted reply of removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belidofan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 In Amsterdam it is forbidden for hotels to have windows that can open because of drug abuse and jumping people. It should be the same here, but also because of pushers... "It should be the same here....." ; give me a breack ....my balcony here in bangkok has the same height as the one i had back in, well....my former "home"...i'm 1m70 and it reaches just beneath my tits.....but i don't do drugs, i do drink.....but never feel the urge to jump down....and when i go to jomtien to relax : I WANT A BALCONY!!!....some "mature" bloke wants to jump down?.....let him....sheeeeeesssssssssssss....................no offence ment, just common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Living in a high floor balcony condo may be consistent with Thai Buddhist philosophy about being conscious of the temporary nature of life. Edited January 15, 2013 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Seems like a room without a balcony in Pattaya & surrounds, is a bonus! ******************************************************* -Isn't that the reason why Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya got rid of their balconies when they remodeled the rooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnycthedog Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. We might be OK on the second or third floor which covers a lot of medium to cheap prices hotels. I never go near the window nor open the sliding door if staying in anything above 3 stories. Too scared of heights. Those high rise condos in Jontiem just scare the bejesus out of me - and that's only from the outside. But the posters are right. Large numbers coming to grief for a variety of reasons from high rise condos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
personchester Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 We don't know the details of this terrible event, the cause of the deadly fall-down from the balcony could have been ... a criminal activity, an accidental mishap, or a willful decision. A shocking event indeed, my thoughts are with his family, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Does anyone have actual statistics of balcony 'mishaps' in Thailand. That would be hugely interesting. Or is this just another 'hub'. Way too many to be a co-incidence. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. Remind me never to live above the ground floor if with a Thai girlfriend. He lived alone. I'm more interested in the statistics and probabilities, which could possibly cancel out the "he lived alone" factor. IMHO somethin' ain't right in this paradise! People should be informed, at least those that are not...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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