Junior Seau committed suicide

nicoleabrock

Self- inflicted gun shot wound to the chest. :-(

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/02/sport/nfl-seau-dead/?hpt=hp_t1

Nique1370

So very sad

wanderlust2006

Wow, how awful.

sweetday

Damn

wbl

OMG.  That's so awful.

broccolitree

To the chest? I wonder if he did it to donate his brain to study football trauma injury like the Bears player a couple years ago.

styme46

I thought the fi was lying to me when he told me this. I had to look it up when I got back from lunch.

Sad, sad day.

nicoleabrock

broccolitree:

To the chest? I wonder if he did it to donate his brain to study football trauma injury like the Bears player a couple years ago.

i don't think i would be thinking about which of my organs would be donated if i was committing suicide. 

flexiblebride

nicoleabrock:

broccolitree:

To the chest? I wonder if he did it to donate his brain to study football trauma injury like the Bears player a couple years ago.

i don't think i would be thinking about which of my organs would be donated if i was committing suicide. 

broccoli made a good point.  It just may be he took it in the chest for that very reason.

UnderwaterRhymes

flexiblebride:

nicoleabrock:

broccolitree:

To the chest? I wonder if he did it to donate his brain to study football trauma injury like the Bears player a couple years ago.

i don't think i would be thinking about which of my organs would be donated if i was committing suicide. 

broccoli made a good point.  It just may be he took it in the chest for that very reason.

I also think it's an excellent point. There are a lot of studies that are showing that repeated trauma to the head are negatively impacting these athletes long term. I would not be in the least bit surprised if this is why he chose this method.

Regardless, it's very sad. It certainly seems as though that his driving off a cliff a few years ago was in reality a failed suicide attempt, rather than him falling asleep at the wheel as he said at the time.

broccolitree

nicoleabrock:

broccolitree:

To the chest? I wonder if he did it to donate his brain to study football trauma injury like the Bears player a couple years ago.

i don't think i would be thinking about which of my organs would be donated if i was committing suicide. 

I was referring to Dave Duerson, who asked it in his suicide note after shooting himself in the chest, also.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/Dave-Duerson-Committed-Suicide-Medical-Examiner-116539023.html