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13-page suicide note left by mom who jumped with baby

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  1. ChrisBosh

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    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/03/16/20660516.html

    The New York woman who died after she jumped eight storeys with her 10-month-old son strapped to her body jumped because she felt she had failed to protect him from minor falls she believed would lead to a lifelong illness, according to a note she left behind.

    Cynthia Wachenheim left a note on 13 pages of lined notebook paper, the New York Times reports. In it, she said that she knew what she was about to do was "evil" but explained that her son Keston had had a few tumbles that led to problems that would plague him for the rest of his life, a law enforcement official who has seen the note told the Times.

    She wrote that her friends, family and pediatrician didn't believe her, but that she noticed changes in the baby.

    Keston Bacharach survived the fall with only a bruised cheek.






    :eek: There is a _ _ _!!!! Censored to keep this from going to D&D.
     
    #1 ChrisBosh, Mar 16, 2013
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  2. Big MAK

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    He's going to be plagued by problems now for sure. Terrible.
     
    #2 Big MAK, Mar 16, 2013
  3. heypartner

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    Isn't 13 an unlucky number?

    Also, very good reporting to tell us it was lined notebook paper.
     
    #3 heypartner, Mar 16, 2013
  4. ChrisBosh

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    Its a Canadian website... we care for the important details.
     
    #4 ChrisBosh, Mar 16, 2013
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    Cool story
     
    #5 ROXRAN, Mar 16, 2013
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    Was she going for the irony part?
     
    #6 Two Sandwiches, Mar 17, 2013
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    wont be reading that novel since i already know the ending
     
    #7 Rodman23, Mar 17, 2013
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    The mother survived with only a bruised cheek? wtf?

    Someone please make sure she doesn't survive past this day.
     
    #8 Jontro, Mar 17, 2013
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    i thought it was her son, keston, that survived :confused:
     
    #9 Rodman23, Mar 17, 2013
  10. Yung-T

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    The woman died, not the baby.
     
    #10 Yung-T, Mar 17, 2013
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    It was the kid who survived.
     
    #11 dharocks, Mar 17, 2013
  12. Jontro

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    Hai gaiz, have I told you I have reading comprehension problems??

    I shall go back to school and relearn my abc's.
     
    #12 Jontro, Mar 17, 2013
  13. Dairy Ashford

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    What the mom, needed then, were drugs, sweet drugs; they're the only the thing, that-would-have-kept-her-from-jum, -ping-off-a-bui-il-ding..
     
    #13 Dairy Ashford, Mar 17, 2013
  14. heypartner

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    so we confirmed the baby and the 13 pages on lined notebook paper survived...right?

    couldn't have done this without all of your support.

    I think we still have some work to do on our next disaster summaries.
     
    #14 heypartner, Mar 17, 2013
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    Wait so she fell 8 stories and only got a bruised cheek...is this what I think it means. :eek::(:(

    Did the baby break the fall for her? :(:(
     
    #15 LosPollosHermanos, Mar 17, 2013
  16. LosPollosHermanos

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    Oh ok, so much better.

    Amazing how the baby survived tbh. Feel good story even though mother's fate is pretty sad.
     
    #16 LosPollosHermanos, Mar 17, 2013
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    It would appear the baby is tougher than she ever imagined.
     
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    I should have bolded the part which says that the BABY survived a fall from 8 storeys. The mother i guess provided a cushion but the impact itself should have killed the baby since their organs are still very sensative at that age. Crazy stuff.
     
    #18 ChrisBosh, Mar 17, 2013
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    i have the feeling the symptoms she saw in her child were just imagined by the mother. guilt is very powerful at messing with your mind. also the end result points to mental health issues with the mother. perhaps a severe form of postpartum depression

    it's tragic. if she didn't give the kid brain damage before he's surely going to have some now. also, growing up knowing your mother tried to kill you while killing herself has to be a terrible thing to live with.
     
    #19 fallenphoenix, Mar 17, 2013
  20. Anxiety Trooper

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    I lol'd
     
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