Showing posts with label Hong Kong Kowloon Bay Suicide Death Dead Woman November. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong Kowloon Bay Suicide Death Dead Woman November. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Street Life: Death in Hong Kong.




So on my last day in Hong Kong, I walked into Tshim Sha Tsui (A district in Kowloon) to get my self a McDonalds breakfast and continue reading Richard Bransons autobiography. On my walk home, I was just admiring the view of the harbour when a dead squid caught my eye. I was looking at it in amazement, because I was watching some mad documentary the previous night on giant squid in America. Anyways, out of nowhere I heard these random sirens going off and they were heading exactly to where I was standing. It turned out there was a dead woman floating in the water about 2 meters away from the squid that i was staring at but I couldent see it because the corpse was around the corner. This massive drama/rescue attempt/madness broke out all around me and I was right in the middle of it. With out hesitation, I took my camera out of my bag and started snapping. Turns out this woman took a cyanide pill, then ended her life by jumping into the water. I was in the biggest state of shock, I dident know how to react. One minute I'm looking at a dead squid, next minute I'm taking photos of some dead woman and that. It was a well random day, but ended well when I dident have to wait around Survanabhumi Intl for a flight to Dubai.