rooster59 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Man Dies After Jumping From Siam Paragon Escalator Photo: Mark Fischer / Flickr BANGKOK — A man who fell from an escalator to the ground floor of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Friday night died of his injuries after being rushed to the hospital. Lt. Col. Thanawut Prasertnoo of Pathumwan police said Saturday the man, 44-year-old Samret Sangteerapeetikul, died during the night as he was being treated for severe injuries at the Police Hospital. They believe it was a suicide. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2016/11/26/man-dies-jumping-siam-paragon-escalator/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-11-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Did he fall or did he jump. As police, not surprisingly, believe it was suicide, it would suggest he jumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The design of shopping malls in Thailand has always surprised me as there seems to be a large amount of opportunities for people to fall off or jump off things such as escalators and balconies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 A rather racist troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 what an end. RIP poor soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 It's surprising really that it doesn't happen more often, unrestrained young children are not stopped for most of the barrier's supplied! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Jumped or fell...who HERE really cares? Does anyone here know him? Accidents and suicides happen all the time. So unless one knew him...who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandemara Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Puerile = childish. Redundancies weaken criticism, scorn or outrage. I might suggest a man's fall/suicide in a shopping centre rates low on a "serious" scale of incidents given current events and circumstances in this country. Learning to laugh about the extraordinary or bizarre might even be good therapy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyHeather Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Actually - if any of you armchair Sherlocks had bothered to actually click the link and taken the five seconds to read the article you would have found that police initially believed it to be an accident but after talking to his doctors found out the poor man had been suffering from depression. Quote “At first we thought he had just slipped from the escalator,” Thanawut said. “But turns out, the doctors said he was suffering from depression.” Amazing that nobody can even take the time for such a simple action first. Or actually, quite believable from the direction this thread has taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 R.I.P. Sir, I am always amazed it does not happen more often........I regularly visit the Mall at the market in Hua Hin, I am always conscious of the open spaces from the top escalator to the ground floor.....Especially as i am six foot three...( 1.85 for the metric members).......scary..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narak34 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Love the irony that in the MRT you are told to not walk on the escalator, where at 90% of the stations you cannot fall over and die anywhere. And in the BTS, which is extremely dangerous. You are told to stand on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) A tragic blood sacrifice to the God of consumerism, in one of the cathedrals of the first true world religion. On a day increasingly known around the world as "Black Friday". The day of Consumer Ecstasy. Edited November 26, 2016 by Enoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 He fell from the 2nd floor and died? Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireyfish Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Its weird but I once had the feeling to just let go from the void at the top of Terminal 21 ... I'm not at all suicidal but I have had the urge a number of times when approaching a cliff or rooftop or other high place it is accompanied by a slight vertigo type feeling ... when you fly in a dream ....... A curious study by Florida State University in 2012, came up with another possible explanation for why someone might get the urge to jump to their certain doom. Rather than a sign of ideation, it may be the mind’s convoluted way of appreciating life. The researchers even coined a new term for this particular sensation: high place phenomenon. http://www.medicaldaily.com/high-place-phenomeon-suicide-ideation-cognitive-dissonance-378029 just saying ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linden Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: Fall to suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground without intending to. Was not the flying type, he knows now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 1 hour ago, LadyHeather said: Actually - if any of you armchair Sherlocks had bothered to actually click the link and taken the five seconds to read the article you would have found that police initially believed it to be an accident but after talking to his doctors found out the poor man had been suffering from depression. Amazing that nobody can even take the time for such a simple action first. Or actually, quite believable from the direction this thread has taken. Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you. But it just does seem an unlikely place to commit suicide from... depression or not More likely, he could have been in a hurry, pushing past someone, and ended up accidentally falling. but as usual, not much point speculating, as there are so many possible scenarios, (like hurrying to escape that German loan shark?) and we rarely read the follow up report. so. either way, another tragedy in LOS... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Thea01 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: How about saying nothing if there is nothing constructive to say that is relevant to the subject? Jeez, it's like two five-year olds fighting in the playground. A certain few on here cannot help themselves, just follow them and you will see. One has to wonder how they survived kindergarten, let alone the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 3 hours ago, cumgranosalum said: The design of shopping malls in Thailand has always surprised me as there seems to be a large amount of opportunities for people to fall off or jump off things such as escalators and balconies. So, there aren't balconies in the shopping centers, airports, office buildings, etc. in your homeland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubster Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 4 hours ago, Fireyfish said: Its weird but I once had the feeling to just let go from the void at the top of Terminal 21 ... I'm not at all suicidal but I have had the urge a number of times when approaching a cliff or rooftop or other high place it is accompanied by a slight vertigo type feeling ... when you fly in a dream ....... A curious study by Florida State University in 2012, came up with another possible explanation for why someone might get the urge to jump to their certain doom. Rather than a sign of ideation, it may be the mind’s convoluted way of appreciating life. The researchers even coined a new term for this particular sensation: high place phenomenon. http://www.medicaldaily.com/high-place-phenomeon-suicide-ideation-cognitive-dissonance-378029 just saying ...... culling the herd, natural selection. good byyyyyyyyyyyyyye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 6 hours ago, A1Str8 said: He fell from the 2nd floor and died? Damn. Paragon has ground floor, then mezzanine (BTS concourse level), then 1st floor then 2nd. Could easily be the 8th floor or higher in a regular building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungnorm Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Pure waffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 RIP. poor guy. The escalators in Siam Paragon are no different from any other shopping center. I shop there every weekend, although my limousine driver does have problems finding a park sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 1 hour ago, steven100 said: RIP. poor guy. The escalators in Siam Paragon are no different from any other shopping center. I shop there every weekend, although my limousine driver does have problems finding a park sometimes. perhaps you ought to buy a helicopter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Inflammatory posts, offensive posts and nonsense posts have been removed as well as the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn0000 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 1 hour ago, steven100 said: RIP. poor guy. The escalators in Siam Paragon are no different from any other shopping center. I shop there every weekend, although my limousine driver does have problems finding a park sometimes. They don't let you in the VIP parking area because you are a pleb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 17 hours ago, cumgranosalum said: The design of shopping malls in Thailand has always surprised me as there seems to be a large amount of opportunities for people to fall off or jump off things such as escalators and balconies. Hmmm.....does this mean if you live and shop in Thailand , you are more likely to be suicidal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 1 hour ago, bbbbooboo said: Hmmm.....does this mean if you live and shop in Thailand , you are more likely to be suicidal? Is that a deliberately obtuse response or is it just plain daft? All over the world buildings and natural sites that give the public access to high places take precautions to prevent both accidental and deliberate falls, from the Eiffel Tower to the Grand Canyon...yet in Thailand there seems scant regard for public safety in this respect either in public places or even in Condo design...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbman2000 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Suicide. Case closed! Now lets get back to my mobile phone. Maybe I can catch a crook from videos posted on social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 On 11/26/2016 at 6:48 PM, Fireyfish said: Its weird but I once had the feeling to just let go from the void at the top of Terminal 21 ... I'm not at all suicidal but I have had the urge a number of times when approaching a cliff or rooftop or other high place it is accompanied by a slight vertigo type feeling ... when you fly in a dream ....... A curious study by Florida State University in 2012, came up with another possible explanation for why someone might get the urge to jump to their certain doom. Rather than a sign of ideation, it may be the mind’s convoluted way of appreciating life. The researchers even coined a new term for this particular sensation: high place phenomenon. http://www.medicaldaily.com/high-place-phenomeon-suicide-ideation-cognitive-dissonance-378029 just saying ...... Must come from low place boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thainess Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Have lived in BKK for years, never set foot inside one of these shopping "malls"... can get everything I need (food, clothes, alcohol and women) on the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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