The pain must have been unbearable for this person.

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Where I live, we have 3 interstates, and 2 of them lace through part of the city. In one particular spot, the traffic can get really wild and hectic, and in rush hours, many locals try to avoid that spot if possible. For some reason, there have been quite a few people over time that use the busiest overpass (leads into a very busy section of the city) for a place to commit suicide. There is a walkway on the overpass on one side. Usually, the only people you see on that overpass is the occasional homeless person walking from one side to another, to change their position. Last night, it happened again. Some poor desperate soul decided to jump down in the 70mph traffic to end their suffering. Unfortunately, no one can stop that fast, even if the person had survived the jump--and several cars hit the person. The whole thing was beyond terrible, state police had to shut down all entrances and exits there, as well as the overpass. People had to sit in their cars for hours and hours. One of my friends was not far behind one of the vehicles that hit the jumper. She is one of the calmest people I know--a retired nurse practitioner, and it shook her too her core. Yes, she helped until the emergency vehicles came. She, along with many others, called 911. She said over the years she had cared for people in just about every aspect--from wrecks, accidents, illnesses, amputations, etc. All the bad stuff. And this one just really hurt so deep. To know someone needed help that badly and didn't get help, for whatever reason, to be that desperate...just cuts to the core. This has happened at this spot over and over. And of course, in other cities there are places that it happens as well. It hurts to even think about. Our country needs better mental health available to it's citizens.