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Committing Suicide on Vacation

May 29, 2006 By Gus in Miami: Travel News | 3 Comments

Mirroring the tragic event that took place this week at the Loews Hotel in Miami Beach, a Carnival cruise passenger jumped overboard in front of his wife and two children as the family was returning from a Caribbean vacation. No sign of the man has been found.

Why did these men commit suicide on vacation?

David P. Phillips, a sociologist at UCSD, who co-authored a 1997 study found that Las Vegas had the highest level of suicide in the nation for residents and visitors.

You’re in a place that nobody cares. It’s a place you can be anonymous and die.

I don’t think being anonymous was the case with these two incidents. These were both troubled men who were striking back at the ones they loved.

If you need help, contact the suicide prevention hotline at Switchboard of Miami. The phone number is (305) 358 4357. The youth hotline number is (305) 377-8336.

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3 Comments on

"Committing Suicide on Vacation"

Shelly Eggers says:

How comw there is no news about suicide at deauville hotel yesterday? Nothing on line or tv?.

Posted on 04/03/2013 at 9:29 AM

Gus says:

Hi Shelly,

I’m sorry to hear that. Do you have any details you can share? How did you hear about it?

Gus

Posted on 04/03/2013 at 9:51 AM

Shelly Eggers says:

We were guests there. My husband was in the lobby when a man ran in screaming for police and ambulance. Later that day some of the employees said he was not a guest. That he had walked in and went up to the roof. It was so unbelievable. It was just cleaned up and business as usual.

Posted on 04/04/2013 at 5:14 AM

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