In the past month, two Sago miners who were on duty the day of the explosion, but who were not with the trapped crew, have commited suicide. While that may be understandable as some by-product of survivor's guilt, what's odd is the occurence of heroic rescuers doing themselves in.
Posted by floridacracker at September 26, 2006 09:58 PMAt 1 pm, on Sunday January 16, 1978, I was on call.
As I made my way down southside blvd. in Jax, I noticed my friend's new GMC Jimmy off in the dunes
near the X. I thought 'Hmm..Randy must be trying out a new pistola'...being a sucker for a fine firearm (Randy had matched sets) I figured I had time to take a few shots with him.
Randy was a Lt. Comm in the USN ret., He flew numerous missions in S.E. Asia, married himself off a few times, and was just tired of hearing the wrong word from all those wives.
He took a stainlees double action Ruger and made
a decision that could not be reversed..at least that's what I learned from it. Guilt is a bitch.
I'd rather feel guilty than nothing at all.
Posted by: csason at September 27, 2006 07:17 AMIt's such a waste. We had a life-long family friend do it. He wanted to make sure his it was his parents that found him- that's how bad he wanted to get back at his mother. His poor dad cleaned up the mess, which made me mad, because there are companies that specialize in doing that stuff.
Posted by: Donnah at September 27, 2006 06:03 PM