HOW SUICIDE ATTEMPTED WOMAN SAVED IN 1942 IN U S A
HOW SUICIDE ATTEMPTED WOMAN SAVED IN 1942 IN U S A The lady in the picture with the mirror held above her head – was Mrs. Edna Egbert. The photographer caught her in the ready-to-swing position, as a cop gets ready to dodge. The year was 1942 and Mrs. Egbert was living in the building at the time – No. 497 Dean Street. But what made Mrs. Egbert go out onto the ledge? She was clearly distraught – but why? Mrs. Egbert, apparently, had a reason. In the past year her son, Fred, had gotten married, joined the army, and had not written to his mother a single time since. As any mother in this predicament would tell you, with the war raging on, she must have presumed her son was dead. So, out of frustration, nervousness, or fear, she climbed out onto her ledge and announced, “I’m going to jump!”. If you’re wondering how you could kill yourself from only the second floor to either side of Ms. Egbert was a spiky iron fence that could have easily impaled her. While a crowd gathered on...