Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It)
Leaving work today at 5 p.m. I was surprised to find that the streets were closed for a block in every direction from the intersection of 1st and Lake. The police were holding back traffic because some guy was dangling off the roof of the Cal-Neva's parking deck in what I guess was some sort of suicide stand-off. I didn't stick around to see how it ended and now I can't find any news accounts of the incident online. Does anyone in Reno know how this whole thing turned out?
UPDATE: It's now Friday morning and I still can't find any news about whatever was happening at the Cal-Neva garage yesterday, but my lovely journalist/fiancee tells me that this isn't unusual, that potential suicides rarely receive much media attention. In any case, I'm pretty sure nothing bad happened. Whoever that guy hanging off the railing seven stories up was, he didn't look like an investor who'd just lost everything in the stock market; he actually looked like someone who was either on something or perhaps just a bit "off" in the head. I'm sure everything came out okay in the end. Just another day in downtown Reno.
UPDATE: It's now Friday morning and I still can't find any news about whatever was happening at the Cal-Neva garage yesterday, but my lovely journalist/fiancee tells me that this isn't unusual, that potential suicides rarely receive much media attention. In any case, I'm pretty sure nothing bad happened. Whoever that guy hanging off the railing seven stories up was, he didn't look like an investor who'd just lost everything in the stock market; he actually looked like someone who was either on something or perhaps just a bit "off" in the head. I'm sure everything came out okay in the end. Just another day in downtown Reno.
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I actually heard on the radio this morning that it was a teenager and that the police were able to get him/her down safely.
That was about it. It was just a quick blurb.
You're back!
I knew that eventually you would start blogging again. You have too much to say and too many opinions to keep quiet for very long. Melissa just needs to let you have some computer time every day.
Yeah, you got me pegged. I just needed a break for a while.
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