Tragic

[James]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8079123.stm

 

RIP

[Newcastle Fan]

Really sad.

 

[Keefaz]

Heartbreaking, tbh. RIP

[Guest toonlass]

I cannot imagine how the parents must have been feeling. My hearfelt sympathies go to their friends and family for the pain they must be feeling at this time. RIP to them all. So very, very sad.

 

 

 

A five-year-old boy whose body was found at Beachy Head with those of his parents had died from meningitis at his home four days earlier, police said.

 

Sam Puttick, who was discovered in a rucksack at the East Sussex beauty spot on Monday, was discharged from hospital on Friday and died later.

 

His parents Kazumi and Neil Puttick wanted Sam, who was quadriplegic, to die at home in Westbury, Wiltshire.

 

Police said they were satisfied the couple had "taken their own lives".

 

Mr Puttick, 34, and his 44-year-old wife lived with Sam at Wishing Well Farm in Brokerswood in Westbury.

 

Sam had been paralysed from the neck down following a car crash in July 2005.

 

Friend Sue Capon, who owns Brokerswood Country Park opposite Mr and Mrs Puttick's house, said they both lived for Sam.

 

She added: "Sam was adorable, a delight and I feel privileged to have been close to him during his short life. He never complained, he was always happy and full of smiles. He loved tractors and the chickens.

 

"Neil and Kazumi gave 110% to Sam, they used to come to the park, feed the ducks and enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside."

 

Mrs Capon said: "Their life was Sam and without him their life did not mean anything to them. They were devoted to one another as well as to their child and it's just such a sad ending."

 

Sam needed equipment to help him breathe and a website called "stuff4sam" was created to help raise funds for his care.

 

A statement posted on the website on Tuesday said: "It is with great sadness we have to share the terrible news about Neil, Kazumi and Sam.

 

"Sam died from meningitis on Friday and it seems that Neil and Kazumi took their own lives shortly after that."

 

  We are all better for knowing them and Sam could not have wished for better parents

 

Statement on stuff4sam website

It continues: "We are all very shocked at this terrible news and thinking of everyone who cared for Sam or were close to Neil and Kazumi who are dealing with this tragic situation.

 

"We are all better for knowing them and Sam could not have wished for better parents."

 

Det Insp Ian Williams, of Sussex Police, said: "I am satisfied that Samuel's grieving parents Neil and Kazumi appear to have taken their own lives.

 

"This is a tragic incident and we extend our sympathies to their family and to the large number of friends and carers affected."

 

Sam had been receiving treatment for pneumococcal meningitis at the Paediatric Intensive Children's Unit at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

 

A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset NHS said: "When it became clear that Sam had no hope of recovery from his severe infection, he was discharged to his family home at his parents' request."

 

He was certified dead at the family home by a doctor at about 2000 BST.

 

The spokesman said it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.

 

The deaths will be the subject of an extensive investigation and inquest.

 

The NHS said the discharge to home of seriously ill children was an accepted part of the palliative withdrawal of treatment to support the families of dying children.

 

Rescuers found a second rucksack, full of toys, near the bodies.

 

A silver Volkswagen camper van was recovered from a roadside car park about 200 yards (183m) from the cliff edge.

 

Coastguards on routine patrol first spotted what they thought were two bodies 400ft (120m) down the cliff face on Sunday evening.

 

The two rucksacks were discovered on Monday and the bodies recovered by 1400 BST.

 

[Jill]

How horrific. I don't have kids, and so I can't even begin to imagine how it must have felt.

[matta]

i had a meningitis disease when i was 17.

 

coma for 8 weeks. Shame this guy wasnt as lucky as me

 

RIP

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

might have been one of the worst things i've ever read.

[SEMTEX]

i had a meningitis disease when i was 17.

 

coma for 8 weeks. Shame this guy wasnt as lucky as me

 

RIP

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

might have been one of the worst things i've ever read.

 

Bet you woke up refreshed though.

[matta]

i had a meningitis disease when i was 17.

 

coma for 8 weeks. Shame this guy wasnt as lucky as me

 

RIP

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

might have been one of the worst things i've ever read.

 

Bet you woke up refreshed though.

 

 

yeah, 183cm weighing 43kilos.

 

Was pretty hard on family.

[James]

i had a meningitis disease when i was 17.

 

coma for 8 weeks. Shame this guy wasnt as lucky as me

 

RIP

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

might have been one of the worst things i've ever read.

 

Bet you woke up refreshed though.

 

 

yeah, 183cm weighing 43kilos.

 

Was pretty hard on family.

 

Glad you pulled through

[matta]

i had a meningitis disease when i was 17.

 

coma for 8 weeks. Shame this guy wasnt as lucky as me

 

RIP

 

 

EDIT:

 

 

might have been one of the worst things i've ever read.

 

Bet you woke up refreshed though.

 

 

yeah, 183cm weighing 43kilos.

 

Was pretty hard on family.

 

Glad you pulled through

 

yeah, happier "ending" for me than this lot

[Cajun]

Fuck me that is terrible!

[Robster]

RIP

Tragic is right. What a terrible story

[Mr. Snrub]

Tragic for the little fella, but the parents basically took the cowards route out.

 

Obviously I don't have kids so can't comprehend how truly awful it must be to have your child die before you, but the last thing the kid would have wanted would be for his mam and dad to do that.

[catmag]

Tragic for the little fella, but the parents basically took the cowards route out.

 

Obviously I don't have kids so can't comprehend how truly awful it must be to have your child die before you, but the last thing the kid would have wanted would be for his mam and dad to do that.

 

Nail on the head - you don't have kids. You therefore have no right at all to call them cowards

[Liam Liam Liam O]

Absolutely awful for any parent to have to go through losing a child, especially so young.  RIP.

[Mr. Snrub]

Tragic for the little fella, but the parents basically took the cowards route out.

 

Obviously I don't have kids so can't comprehend how truly awful it must be to have your child die before you, but the last thing the kid would have wanted would be for his mam and dad to do that.

 

Nail on the head - you don't have kids. You therefore have no right at all to call them cowards

 

So only those with kids are allowed to have an opinion on this story?

[Dave]

After everything that went on in the little lad's life - the accident, his limited life, then meningitis leading to death - it's perhaps no surprise they just couldn't deal with it in the end.

 

Horrible, horrible story.

[catmag]

Tragic for the little fella, but the parents basically took the cowards route out.

 

Obviously I don't have kids so can't comprehend how truly awful it must be to have your child die before you, but the last thing the kid would have wanted would be for his mam and dad to do that.

 

Nail on the head - you don't have kids. You therefore have no right at all to call them cowards

 

So only those with kids are allowed to have an opinion on this story?

 

That's not what I said. You can't begin to understand how they felt therefore I think you are being harsh. That's my opinion too.

[madras]

Tragic for the little fella, but the parents basically took the cowards route out.

Obviously I don't have kids so can't comprehend how truly awful it must be to have your child die before you, but the last thing the kid would have wanted would be for his mam and dad to do that.

utter shite for you to presume you have the slightest idea what those people were feeling or going through.

[Mr. Snrub]

Just think they took the easier option in dealing with grief, when maybe they should have been stronger and continued to live on for the sake of their son.

 

Unfortunately, death is a part of life, and if everyone killed themselves when a loved one sadly passed, the human race would be non existant.

[madras]

Just think they took the easier option in dealing with grief, when maybe they should have been stronger and continued to live on for the sake of their son.

 

Unfortunately, death is a part of life, and if everyone killed themselves when a loved one sadly passed, the human race would be non existant.

if only the world was as logical as this. unfortunatly we are dealing with the minds of the bereaved. using terms like "coward" about someone who has killed themselves is trite and naive.

 

killing yourself is an easy option........f*** me some s**** gets spouted on here from time to time but we have a candidate for a winner.

 

 

[Mr. Snrub]

Admittedly, calling them 'cowardly' was perhaps a bit hasty, my point still stands though.

[madras]

Admittedly, calling them 'cowardly' was perhaps a bit hasty, my point still stands though.

your point doesn't stand at all, it is up to them if they want to live or not and you shouldn't have the arrogance to suppose you know their feelings better than they.

 

 

[GM]

Just think they took the easier option in dealing with grief, when maybe they should have been stronger and continued to live on for the sake of their son.

 

Unfortunately, death is a part of life, and if everyone killed themselves when a loved one sadly passed, the human race would be non existant.

 

That climbdown only scores a 1/10 and you really needed a 7/10 minimum for redemption. I know you were trying to cut up rough and be controversial and perhaps even slightly cool as well into the bargain, but what you've actually done there is just make yourself look like you really have fuck all idea about life at all.

 

Admittedly, calling them 'cowardly' was perhaps a bit hasty, my point still stands though.

 

Nah. Just nah.

[Rocker]

I don't think its cowardly, but it does create alot of shit for THIER familes and friends too. Sure, they were devastated, but life is precious, and now some poor bastard grandparents have lost their sons and daughters, and their grandchildren too.