[gdalton]

Suicide is not an answer to life’s problems, if your gf breaks up with you and you jump off a bridge then you are a fucking idiot and I'm glad you didn't get a chance to reproduce. On the other side there is ending your own life on your own terms instead of letting an illness or 100-story building decide how you will die.
I had a friend who's dad had cancer and fought it for many years and at one point they told him he had won and the cancer was gone but the next year he became sick again. Near the end he was in very bad shape, he had lost most of his weight, all of his hair, and couldn't even get out of bed on his own, the only thing he did was stay in the hospital and receive kemo and medication. This was not living this was dying slowly and he knew it. The doctors gave him control over his morphine drip and with a push of a button he could receive his doses as necessary to help the pain. One day he just kept pushing the button until all his pain was gone. I do not consider this a pussy way out, the man knew he had nothing left but pain so he stopped it.
I believe most of the people who jump from the WTC knew they were not going to survive and decided to end it there own way to avoid being burnt to death or crushed in the collapse. This was taking what little control they could back.
I think the biggest show of courage were the people on the flight that went down in PA. These people knew if they didn't do something then others would be hurt and killed along with them so they took action. I'm sure there plan was not to crash the plane and kill themselves but they decided to put there own lives on the line to save others, unfortunately they did not survive but probably saved hundreds in exchange. I think a situation like the one these people faced takes a lot more balls then someone killing there self because they are having a bad day. I only hope that more people can show this kind of courage and refuse to let something or someone else decide their fate.