airport death

[Beli]

i bet the family of the woman who died at the airport is going to sue and get massively rich off of this. however, i think that the family is really the one that should be blamed for her death. in case you somehow missed the story, here is a link
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/05/airport.death/index.html

if the family really was so concerned about her being distraught and suicidal, then why would they send her alone to go to rehab. especially when they know that she would be able to drink at the airport.

i find no fault in the way she was handled. how would the police know if she was mentally unstable or just drunk and acting stupid. it really bothers me how people are so fast to place blame on anyone but themselves. and then try to profit from it. i hope the judges throws the case out.

[TJ60]

Had something similar to this a few months ago, An old man called 911 said he was going to kill himself. Police brought him into the ER, there was no beds available at the 2 main mental facility's and released him with a promise not that he wouldn't do anything without first calling Foothills mental service. His daughter dropped him off at his house, 45 minutes later we responded to a 10-52 call from the local police. He went straight into his house and took a shotgun to himself.

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

i bet the family of the woman who died at the airport is going to sue and get massively rich off of this. however, i think that the family is really the one that should be blamed for her death. in case you somehow missed the story, here is a link
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/05/airport.death/index.html

if the family really was so concerned about her being distraught and suicidal, then why would they send her alone to go to rehab. especially when they know that she would be able to drink at the airport.

100% Agreed!

i find no fault in the way she was handled. how would the police know if she was mentally unstable or just drunk and acting stupid.

The husband DID call to tell them. First line of the article!

it really bothers me how people are so fast to place blame on anyone but themselves. and then try to profit from it. i hope the judges throws the case out.

50% agreed? I don't know, it seems like the operator who received the call in Phoenix totally dropped the ball on this one. If your spouse is hundreds of miles away and you receive a distressed call from her.....what can you do? You CALL the airline immediatley and try to explain her background situation. That's all you CAN do really. It seems like the husband tried to reach out to the proper authorities and the operator didn't get the message through to the police, or didn't take it seriously. That is negligent. I definitely don't blame the police who arrested her, but the airline attendent who took the call should at least be fired or held accountable.

I mean what else can you do, but frantically try to call the airline and tell them that she is suicidial, and at the minimum she should not be left unwatched alone? :dunno:

[the squid of despair]

[COLOR="Red"]and at the minimum she should not be left unwatched alone? :dunno:

Can't agree with that at all. The police can't be expected to watch every prisoner they take into custody 24/7. To them, this was just another drunk/crazy at the airport, a routine call...

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

Right....but it wouldn't have been if they operator had gotten the husband's message through to the police. They would have known they were dealing with a mental case, not a random drunk.

That was the point.

[Beli]

from what i gather.. by the time that the husband made the call.. the wife had already been dead for an hour. so the warning came a little to late.

and i think that 15 minute checks are much more than they would have given the standard detained person. so someone was a little concerned about her.

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

from what i gather.. by the time that the husband made the call.. the wife had already been dead for an hour. so the warning came a little to late.

Yup. That wasn't in the linked article, but I found this:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071012.wairportdeath1012/BNStory/International/home

and i think that 15 minute checks are much more than they would have given the standard detained person. so someone was a little concerned about her.

Seems like police followed standard protocol. The husband's calls were too late.

[Beli]

yeah sorry Pirate Hooker :$ guess i should have put that info in my post.

seemed almost like a set up. if your family member was suicidal and has a drinking problem... i can't see letting them hop on a plane alone to go to rehab. i think that anyone has been in an intervention type situation knows that you have to babysit the person to get them to rehab. they will back out otherwise.

but basically.. i am just and tired of listening to people cast blame on other for their own problems. the airport and police did nothing wrong. i think that the tables should be turned and the womans family ought to be taken to task. or just cross one more drunk off the list and let it stand at that.

[Stinger]

Wow...ouch.
:hidey:

[Beli]

yeah i am not so nice about this i guess.