Man commits suicide by jumping off Disneyland parking structure

[hobie16]

From the LA Times.

October 18, 2010 | 2:17 pm

A man leapt to his death from one of the upper floors at the main parking structure at Disneyland, an Anaheim police spokesman said Monday.

The man, who was not immediately identified, was found around 8:45 p.m. Sunday at the Mickey & Friends Parking structure on Walnut Street and Magic Way, said Anaheim police spokesman Rick Martinez.

The man, who was believed to be in his 40s or early 50s, jumped from the southwest corner of the structure.

He did not have any identification on him but did leave a suicide note, Martinez said.

-- Andrew Blankstein

[darph nader]

Just great,this is the wrong kinda attention Disney needs. :(

[Goofyernmost]

Wait...some guy is so depressed or disturbed that he throws himself off the top of a parking structure and kills himself and you are concerned that Disney didn't need that kind of attention.

What does Disney have to do with it other than happening on their property. People sometimes chose places like Disney because it is sure to get a lot of attention. It's a last attempt to be somebody. Too bad they are no longer around to enjoy the fame.

[Disneyguy85]

Its kind of shameful that so many people commenting about this on news sites are making light of it. People should not joke about a tragedy.

[shilohmm]

I can understand depression to the point of suicide, but I can't understand doing it where kids could see the end result. :mad:

[DisneyMom]

Wow,very sad. Definitely making a statement by location. His Friends and Family will have reminders everywhere. :(

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

It's eerie that I was there that same night at the same place, but left later, I probably would of witnessed it. I left the parking structure around 8:30 P.M. *Shudders*

[darph nader]

Wait...some guy is so depressed or disturbed that he throws himself off the top of a parking structure and kills himself and you are concerned that Disney didn't need that kind of attention.

I know it doesn't come across 'quite right' in typed form,but if it happened anywhere else,it would of not had the same press.

[Goofyernmost]

I know it doesn't come across 'quite right' in typed form,but if it happened anywhere else,it would of not had the same press.

That's pretty much what I said...but I don't think it creates any form of "stigma" for Disney. It just happened there and unless Mickey pushed him off the top, there is no other connection to the remainder of the public. In other words, no one is likely to stay away because this fool did himself in choosing such a prominent place.

I know it sounds like I have no concern for the guy, and on many levels I do not. I hate people that commit suicide and have no sympathy for them. My X used to threatened to do herself in and my reaction was always anger...not concern or fear or anxiety, just anger. I can't tell you how many times I heard the "I feel like killing myself" story. It was always met with the same reaction. For those that care...she just turned 70 this past June...still alive and never even attempted it, she just used it to get her way. For those that actually did it...well I guess they were pretty sick and frankly anyone bent on killing themselves will be successful but they will very seldom let you know that is what they intend to do.

[Mayonnaise]

I'm not sure this was a grand statement meant to ruin Disney for his Family and friends. That assumes malice, which I'm not willing to assume of some poor guy who jumped to his death.

When an alumni from my University returned to campus many years after graduating to end his life by jumping, some people took it as insult against the University, but it was explained by the counselors on hand to deal with that situation, that people often choose places where they once felt safe to end their existence. He came back to school because he remembered it as a place where he was safe, accepted and understood, and people would be sympathetic to his suicide, rather than angry at him over it.

I hardly think it's a stretch to think one might feel safe, accepted, understood at Disney... I mean, that's the magic. Disney makes foks feel like they're special appreciated people. It could be, as sad and unfair a burden on CMs and guest witnesses alike that it would be, that he didn't believe his friends and family would be sympathetic to his pain. He may well have thought it was the only place people would care that he'd died.

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