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Widow: Southwest prevented me from calling my suicidal husband
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:16 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:16 am
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Sad situation all the way around. If I were in her situation and was certain that he was being serious about taking his own life, I would have made sure that they plane never left the ground. I may have been arrested, but it would have been worth potentially saving a loved one.
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On April 3, Karen Momsen-Evers was flying back to Milwaukee after a girls’ trip in New Orleans. Right before takeoff, she received a text from her husband that read: “Karen, please forgive me for what I am about to do, I am going to kill myself…”
"I started shaking and I was panicked," Momsen-Evers told FoxNews.com. "I texted him ‘no, 'no,’ and he responded, 'yes, because I have to.'"
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The text reached her just as flight crew were finishing cabin checks, but she said she knew the text was "serious" because her husband, who'd been very stressed recently, never threatened suicide before. She said that she told a male flight attendant what was happening and showed him the text messages.
"The steward slapped the phone down and said 'you have to put that in airplane mode. We were pushing away from the gate,'" Momsen-Evers recalls. The unidentified crew member explained that it was “FAA regulations.”
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Helpless, Momsen-Evers waited until airborne to reach out to another flight attendant for help and asked if they could make an emergency call from the cockpit.
"I showed her the texts. She said that she there is nothing she could do and that they could not disturb the pilot. They offered me a drink, that was it," says Momsen-Evers. "I just wanted someone to go and try to save him.”
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Momsen-Evers says she spent the duration of the two-hour flight sobbing in her seat and was only able to call police after the plane arrived at the gate in Milwaukee. But when Momsen-Evers arrived home she was met by officers who told her that her husband Andy had already taken his life.
Sad situation all the way around. If I were in her situation and was certain that he was being serious about taking his own life, I would have made sure that they plane never left the ground. I may have been arrested, but it would have been worth potentially saving a loved one.
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Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:18 am to ForeverLSU02
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I would have made sure that they plane never left the ground.
then there would have been two deaths, SW pax don't mess around
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:19 am to ForeverLSU02
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Karen Momsen-Evers was flying back to Milwaukee after a girls’ trip in New Orleans
Wonder what he found out she did on that "girls trip".
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:19 am to ForeverLSU02
Man, that's fricked up. Can't imagine how horrible that flight must have been for her.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:20 am to ForeverLSU02
I'd have been arrested for assault on the flight attendant
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:21 am to 777Tiger
What would you have done if this happened on one of your flights?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:21 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
No way in hell would that plan have left the ground with me on it.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:22 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:The fricked up part is that they didn't even notify the pilots of the situation
What would you have done if this happened on one of your flights?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:24 am to ForeverLSU02
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"The steward slapped the phone down and said 'you have to put that in airplane mode.
We've become a terrible society. Nothing but goddamn rules and most people don't know when it is okay to break them.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:25 am to Boudreaux35
quote:Show some class.
Wonder what he found out she did on that "girls trip".
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:26 am to ForeverLSU02
this sounds like an onion story.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:26 am to ForeverLSU02
Why wouldn't they just let her off the plane?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:27 am to MrLarson
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We've become a terrible society. Nothing but goddamn rules and most people don't know when it is okay to break them.
Jeezus this is an awful story. A quasi-hijack. Did the OT(and the other board it was on) actually find out and prevent that poster from taking his own life a couple years ago? Anyone recall that crazy shite making it's way from the UGA board to the OT trying to get someone to find his address and go over there?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:28 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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What would you have done if this happened on one of your flights?
if it happened on the ground, and it was perceived to be credible, I would have done whatever the lady wanted to do, if it happened shortly after takeoff, I'd get on the satcom and try to do what she would like us to do, because it would take a while to get back on the ground after dumping quite a bit of fuel to get down to max landing weight(could make an overweight landing if the situation was grave enough,) don't know why she wasn't on the phone trying to contact her husband instead of asking permission, maybe someone sent him pics/video of the "girls trip?"
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:30 am to 777Tiger
quote:Much respect to you
if it happened on the ground, and it was perceived to be credible, I would have done whatever the lady wanted to do, if it happened shortly after takeoff, I'd get on the satcom and try to do what she would like us to do, because it would take a while to get back on the ground after dumping quite a bit of fuel to get down to max landing weight(could make an overweight landing if the situation was grave enough,)
quote:so much for my previous statement
maybe someone sent him pics/video of the "girls trip?"
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 11:32 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:32 am to ForeverLSU02
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respect lost
wasn't really meant as a joke, it's a distinct possibility, if she knew he was struggling and cared, WTF would she go on a girls trip instead of being there for him?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:33 am to ForeverLSU02
She texted instead of called him back?! What the frick?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:34 am to 777Tiger
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maybe someone sent him pics/video of the "girls trip?"
No doubt. There are appropriate 'get aways' like wives going to a beach house or husbands going on hunting trips and such.
But trips to Nola or Vegas are not okay in my opinion if you're seriously settled down or married.
Anyhoo this guy had been stressed before apparently. Terrible way for that to go down.
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 11:35 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:34 am to The Sad Banana
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Why wouldn't they just let her off the plane?
I'm sure they would have if she would have asked. But then again, I'm sure she wanted to get home ASAP. Getting off the plane would not have accomplished that.
My question is, can you no longer make phone calls from the air? I'm not talking about on your personal cell phone, but on a plane phone for a fee. You used to be able to do that.
On a side note, if her husband were in a state where he could potentially become suicidal, what the frick is she doing on a "girls trip" in NOLA. The article mentions that she knew he was "stressed recently", but I have to imagine that the guy exhibited some signs of depression prior to her leaving for the trip. Maybe it's the skeptic in me, but there seem to be some unasked and/or unanswered questions in this story.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:35 am to 777Tiger
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