Fatal collision on Aurora Bridge involving pedestrian and a bus
King Co. Metro bus crash (KIRO 7)
According to the Seattle police, there was a fatal collision on the Aurora Bridge involving a pedestrian and a bus on Sunday afternoon.
All northbound lanes and the left southbound lane are currently closed.
The collision is under investigation.
Police are on the Aurora Bridge at the scene of a fatality collision involving a pedestrian and a bus. More information when available.
Roadside artifact hiding in plain sight in downtown Seattle
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Time to fly; time to die
In 2017, 1.4 percent of global deaths were from suicide, and in some countries, this share is as high as 5 percent. In 2017, the highest rate of suicide (5 percent) occurred in South Korea, 3.9 percent in Qatar, and 3.6 percent in Sri Lanka. The countries with the lowest suicide rates are Greece (0.4 percent) and Indonesia (0.5 percent). Switzerland has been a popular destination for suicides since 1942.
Germans represent 44 percent of foreign-nationals paying others to get help them commit suicide. In addition, a large number of UK suicide seekers (21 percent) register at a Zurich-based “suicide clinic” earning it the “death tourism” tag. “To live with dignity – to die with dignity,” is the slogan of the famous Swiss organization, Dignitas (started in 1988) whose goal is to help patients commit suicide; however, it is an offence to assist a suicide if it is done with selfish motives.
What is it?
Death tourism (a specific type of medical tourism) is a system whereby non-terminally ill individuals travel to another locale and enlist the services of death clinics to help them end their lives. Subsets of “death tourism” include “suicide” and “assisted suicide and euthanasia.” With basic suicide, the patient ultimately takes his/her own life.
Sterbe tourismus is a German term that means journey of a person from the country where euthanasia and/or assistance in suicide is prohibited to the locale in which one or both of the procedures are, under certain conditions, permitted by law, which allows administration of these medical treatments to the person.