I was getting ready to add something similar. Suicides forget, or don’t consider, that someone—often family—has to discover the body and clean up the mess. My first thought on reading the story was the student.
Yup. My step grand-daughter (don’t ask) had her boyfriend 9mm himself in front of her last year. She’s still working through it. His kids weren’t there luckily. Had a good friend do himself in in front of his wife not long ago. She seems to be handling it pretty well from what we can tell. Everybody handles it differently but, selfish act? Damn right it is.