I always viewed the jumpers with a certain amount of pride, as well as horror. I've always known that had I been faced with their choice, it's what I would have done. There's some kind of courage that goes beyond what is normally ever required of a person when they are forced to make that choice, to choose the manner of their own death. To me, in jumping, each of those people reaffirmed the life they were about to lose. They made an active choice, and for the last moments of their lives, they were allowed to fly.
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Date: 2003-09-11 05:53 pm (UTC)I always viewed the jumpers with a certain amount of pride, as well as horror. I've always known that had I been faced with their choice, it's what I would have done. There's some kind of courage that goes beyond what is normally ever required of a person when they are forced to make that choice, to choose the manner of their own death. To me, in jumping, each of those people reaffirmed the life they were about to lose. They made an active choice, and for the last moments of their lives, they were allowed to fly.
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