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Old 04-18-2011, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by JJ&TJ View Post
I am on a fire company back in PA. and we have had one of these suicides. The mix makes a hydrogen sulfide gas which is toxic when inhaled. So far ones in the US have had notes stating haz mat or danger on windows to alert the first responders to the danger. It destroys the lungs and you basically suffocate. Takes a long time to handel this emergency and very sad.
It is sad indeed when someone know longer wants to live. I see my dear neighbors battling her very long battle with Alzheimers and can see why people lose their will to continue. We can never understand anothers reasons and only wish somehow that we could have made it better.