Kvothe Savien

Are you able to definitively say that you have saved another's life before?

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Zack - Mr. GenXer Profile
Zack - Mr. GenXer answered

I saved a little girl from drowning years ago.

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Zack - Mr. GenXer
Zack - Mr. GenXer commented
I thought so too.
Yin And Yang
Yin And Yang commented
Zack, please hold on to those kind of thoughts and memories when you get down on yourself. You ARE valuable. You are not a "screw up" or anything else you tell yourself you are which is negative. I bet that little girls parents will FOREVER be grateful you did not succeed at suicide. And that is just ONE example of your greatness! :0)
Jann Nikka
Jann Nikka commented
Yep, I agree with all comments here.
Rooster Cogburn Profile
Rooster Cogburn , Rooster Cogburn, answered

I can certainly say Yes ! I saved other soldiers lives and some saved mine. It comes natural to you in Combat. We took care of our own always.

John Doe Profile
John Doe answered

Not on my own, but definitely as a team of people performing successful CPR.

otis campbell Profile
otis campbell answered

Yes my sister was in the garage swinging with arope around her neck i got a chair stopped her from swingging and took the rope off she said nothing i was ten yrs old

Tom Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

Yes  (attempted suicide)

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Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
No problem---nothing happened and I wouldn't have known unless you hadn't told me.
Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
I take it back---still no problem, but I did get the notice that you "edited." Nothing changes unless and until I hit "accept" or "decline."
Virginia Lou Profile
Virginia Lou answered

Dear Ed Hunter,

The answer is YES...it was 2009, close friend, Vietnam vet PTSD, re-living seven straight days of Vietnam and could not endure it any more. The aggressive neglect from the VA was horrific. My friend called me to say goodbye.

I hesitated, but ultimately knew I could not myself live with his suicide.          I called the local police, they broke down his barricaded door with only moments to spare...the hospital then pulled him through.

He passed away peacefully in 2014. I still don't know whether I did the "right" thing.

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Danae Hitch
Danae Hitch commented
Virginia, if he didn't want to be saved, he wouldn't have called you. He must have known that when he let you know what his intent was, you wouldn't sit idly by and let him commit suicide, so in my opinion, he might have called to say goodbye, but a part of him didn't want to go through with it.

So, in my opinion, you did the right thing - you did the very thing friends do when someone is hurting.
Kvothe Savien
Kvothe Savien commented
Of course you did the right thing...he was crying out to you for help and you stepped up the way a close friend should.
Yin And Yang
Yin And Yang commented
You did what your heart told you to do. You did the right thing however I know exactly what you are saying.... About six months before my sister went into the hospital for her bone marrow transplant, my mom was basically on her death bed. She was dying of gangrene of the intestine. O_O I remember my sister telling her "Mom, please pull through. I NEED YOU for when I go through my transplant." Miraculously my mom pulled through and was there for my sister when she had her transplant.... then my sister died. I often wondered if my mom wished she would have never pulled through because she survived to live through the death of not just one but two of her children. Of course I never would ask her that but I have wondered in the past if she would have chosen to pull through when my sister said "Mom I need you."
Anna Levi Profile
Anna Levi answered

A friend of mine (who I no longer speak to) once told me that I stopped him from ending it all, which I assume to mean ending his own life. I knew he was in a bad place and I had tried my best to support him, but I was still surprised when he said that. There were several other people giving him support as well at the time, so I can't say for certain that I was the one who stopped him from ending his life. That has always stuck in my mind though 

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