My Cousin Tried to Kill Himself

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Yesterday evening when I logged onto Facebook, I was horrified to see that one of my cousins had posted that he'd tried to kill himself by crashing his car at 110 mph. He was pissed it hadn't worked and was going to try it again. Even worse is that one of his cousins from his dad's side of the family was encouraging him, and then his current girlfriend got into it with that cousin, and they were arguing and cussing each other out and threatening each other, and a whole bunch of other people got involved...but not one single person thought to call the police out of concern for my cousin's safety. I guess my mom called her sister (his mom) and tipped her off, and my aunt called the cops. My cousin is angry and now says he hates her, and he is being held at a state hospital against his will. Funny how he was able to post updates to Facebook ranting and cussing out anyone who called him in while he was waiting to be admitted. I would think they would confiscate your belongings, but what do I know? I'm glad he's being held for observation and I hope he gets the treatment he needs. I'm also glad my aunt called the cops on him. When I saw his posts I wanted to call the cops and request a wellness check, but then I realized I don't even know where he lives. He lives on the other side of the country and I don't have his phone number or home address and there would be no way for me to request help for him. I did message my aunt and ask if he was OK and she let me know she'd called the cops and that he was being taken to mental health for evaluation. I feel so bad for my aunt. What a way to spend Mother's Day. She posted to his timeline saying shame on every single person who didn't immediately call the police out of concern for his safety. THEN all of a sudden his girlfriend acted concerned and it just seemed really phony. She was too busy fighting with someone on his post to be bothered to try to help him, but now she's trying to make herself look good even though you can clearly see everything she said on his post while it was actually going on. I mean he could have been injured or could have been following through with his suicide threat but she was too busy telling off his stupid cousin and insulting people rather than actually being there for him and trying to get him help. I'm just disgusted with the way everyone acted, especially people who allegedly care about him.