Here's one for the books
By Gmens91
@Gmens91 (389)
Philippines
April 16, 2007 9:06am CST
A British man apparently commited suicide while using an internet chat room. The man's name was Kevin Whitrick, father of two children, and he was using the screen name Shyboy-17-1. Some newspapers said that he was egged on by other users of the chat room, who thought that he was play acting. When he switched on his webcam and tied a rope on an exposed ceiling joist, some users tried to dissuade him from hanging himself, while others, -can you believe this- goaded him on, and told him to get on with it. Police were summoned to the scene by one of the users and found his lifeless body hanging by the computer. I would like to give you the link, but the site has a picture of him hanging and it's very disturbing and very graphic. I guess that's the power of the internet.
2 responses
@liutingenglish (90)
• China
16 Apr 07
That's a very sad thing I have heard,I also experienced somethings like this.When a man is standing on a tall building,and a lot of people standing on the ground watching him,crying :come on baby,jump.I don't know what those people are thinking at that time .If the mand on the building is his family,what can he do.
