Gulf coast fisherman commits suicide

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1. Joan
   

   You should not be exploiting this sad case about the fisherman's suicide just to make a sensational story. It is not a typical reaction. Thousands of people lose their jobs every year and don't commit suicide. There are all kinds of additional reasons and circumstances that contribute to such sad cases. If everyone who lost their job committed suicide there would be thousands every week. Let this poor man's family grieve in peace for heaven's sake.

   June 26, 2010 at 1:23 pm |
2. Smith in Oregon
   

   How many Alaskan business owners in Valdez, Alaska did the same thing? Swarms of AMA MD's and psychologists moved to Valdez, Alaska to make as much money as they could from the tidal wave of depression and chronic pulmonary illness's that were the direct result of the toxic, poisonous and carcinogenic crude Oil that fouled Valdez, Alaska and virtually destroyed their way of life and most of the sea-life, mammals and birds that once called that region home. They either died or they moved away with toxic disgust.

   It is entirely likely that cash strapped AMA MD's are moving their practices now to Louisiana to make some quick money and catch a major windfall while they milk the resulting wave of illness's as much as they can for the next decade.

   June 26, 2010 at 3:03 am |
3. Michael Armstrong Sr.
   

   This poor guy seen the writing on the wall his job had been lost forever with no hope of recovery in his life time being left with unpaid bill's with no way to pay them because of slow movement of the government to cut check's and being to old to start a new profession that would pay enough to feed his dept he chose the only way out he knew .

   June 25, 2010 at 9:31 am |
4. Bera
   

   This is the real tragedy and I fear we will see more of this in the weeks and months to come. It is not all about the white sandy beaches for this season alone – what happens to the fishing and tourism a year from now when BP is no longer paying people to help with the clean up. What happens to those who have worked in the tourism and seafood/fishing industry all of their lives? Generations and generations of the same families have made their livelihooods from the gulf. Who knows how long it will take for the gulf to return to normal – we may not see it in our lifetime – there is more going on than just the surface oil washing up on the shore. The coast makes it through hurricanes and moves on because recovery is something they can control – they can rebuild – they can not clean the ocean floor and bring back sea life and their enviroment. Meanwhile the oil keeps pouring – pull up the NOAA map that shows where the waters have been closed to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and you begin to realize the massive unfathomable tragedy that is continuing to grow minute by minute. How, in this day of technology, can the oil still be pouring into the Gulf? Maybe it is time to pull out the slide rule and have some of the old time NASA engineers come in and show us how things are done.

   June 25, 2010 at 9:02 am |