Posted on 08/01/2017 3:59:33 PM PDT by Ennis85
A New York City couple jumped to their deaths from the 9th-floor window of a 17-story office building because they couldn't afford health care, according to their suicide notes.
The Daily Mail reports that eyewitness Perry Kim, 49, was outside the Murray Hill building at around 5:30 a.m. on Friday morning when he heard screaming and saw two people falling from the sky.
The bodies of 53-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were found shortly thereafter on 33rd Street between Park and Madison avenues, according to the New York Post.
Heartbreaking suicide notes were discovered in the pockets of both the man and his wife, who were apparently driven to take their own lives by the stress of mounting doctors' bills.
"WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE," the man's note began. "Patricia and I had everything in life."
His note continued on to describe the couple's "financial spiral," saying they could no longer live with their "financial reality."
"We both have medical issues," his note continued. "We just can't afford the health care."
"Our kids are upstairs, please take care of them," the woman's note added.
The identities of both victims were not immediately released.
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Thankfully they did not land on anyone. Also thankful that they did not pull a ROP exit and go out guns-a-blazing and take innocents with them.
Modus ponens
Funny how the original stories made it a point to exclude health care cost as a contributing factor...
Indolent Obamacare supporters/self appointed Death Panels...
There is something I might actually support.
Or actual insurance.
In spite of all the hype, welfare can never be "insurance."
You're right. And because we're not willing to see that we're not coming up with solutions that might work...
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