Man decapitates self at The Bronx in New York, and the suicide method he used have stunned everyone who has heard about the incident. The Monday incident where the man decapitates self is probably one of the most gruesome ways to take one's own life.
The scene provided a grisly view for bystanders and local residents as the man ended his life on Monday.
After initial investigations, police confirmed the incident where the New York State man decapitates self in The Bronx as a definite suicide.
According to The Examiner, the kind of suicide committed by the man identified as 51-year-old Thomas Rivera of Port Jervis, New York was not only rare, but it was also exceedingly gruesome.
Multiple reports stated that Jervis's suicide occurred after he attached one end of a chain around his neck and secured the other end to a metal pole in the Hunts Point section of the borough.
The Daily Mail reports that afterwards, the middle-aged man decapitates self by getting into his white 2005 Honda Pilot and stepped on the gas. The pulling force reportedly popped his head off and left it lying in the middle of Longfellow Avenue. The chain was left on street where the suicide occurred, according to The Inquisitr on Sept 4.
Police told the New York Daily News that the incident where the man decapitates self took place just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday in the 500 block of Longfellow Avenue.
The gruesome scene was, as described by The Examiner, not for the squeamish. However, it couldn't be helped that even the faint-hearted could have witnessed the incident as it occurred along a busy neighbourhood street Monday morning.
The type of suicide where the man decapitates self is called "vehicle-assisted ligature suicide," according to The Examiner. The case is reportedly so rare that since 2007, there is only one other case which a similar type of suicide occurred.
However, the Monday incident where the man decapitates self is especially gruesome. The car which Rivera drove continued to move until it slammed into another vehicle and according to the Gawker, the collision's impact caused the headless body of Rivera flying out of his car and into the street.
According to the Daily Mail, witnessing pedestrians thought the horrendous sight to have resulted only from a tragic accident.
Other locals meanwhile feared the incident to be a terrorist attack since the man was a Muslim convert and the incident came after the recent beheading of American journalist James Foley at the hands of Islamic extremists "ISIS", reports The Inquisitr.
However, officers who arrived at the scene where man decapitates self immediately launched an investigation.
After detectives interviewed eyewitnesses and scanned several video clips from security cameras on the street where the incident of man decapitates self happened, the truth came to light.
Though most would perceive it as unbelievable, the Daily Mail reports that officers discovered Rivera tying the chain linked to his neck on the pole, and thus committing suicide.
13 cases of suicide by decapitation have reportedly been occurring since 2007, but most were done by those taking their lives putting their head in front of a train.
As of the current moment, there is still no word as to the motive why the man decapitates self, and in such a manner. However, the incident has certainly brought the topic of suicide back into news headlines.
There is no foul play reported in the recent suicide case in The Bronx, and it is a hope that the incident will not be copied by others wanting to end their lives.
According to The Examiner, there is little known about Rivera, except for this headlining news about the horrific way he chose to die and take his life.
But the incident where 51-year-old man decapitates self certainly leaves many questioning why a man would do a horrific act in public, let alone take his own life.
The Examiner said that the shocking truth about suicide is that it is the "most selfish act anyone can commit because it is leaving behind nothing but sadness". This is also reportedly apparent for people who have never met the one committing the suicide.
Meanwhile, those close to a person who has committed suicide, the pain they will feel will reportedly persist for eternity.
Like the recent case where man decapitates self, the act is reportedly "not so much a selfish act as an act of desperation and hopelessness and who only knows what else,... but not selfish."
Apparently, suicide is all of the above. Suicide is, according to The Examiner, a selfish act of desperation and hopelessness.
In his book, How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland writes that suicide may be linked "alienation," since an individual feeling alienated and separated from society tends to live in pain.
Suicide is an incomprehensible act since nobody else but the person willing to take his or her own life can see the "alienation."
The feeling of "alienation," in any case, can reportedly be caused by what people call a "mental" or physical condition.
When former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau committed suicide in San Diego's Oceanside at the age of 43 in May of 2012, according to The Examiner, "his brain was donated to the National Institutes of Health, who diagnosed him with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, which is the result of violent head trauma."
There was also a toxicology report found proving he had Ambien in his blood at the time he committed the act.
The limbic system is considered the emotional part of brain, controlling strong emotions such as pleasure, pain, anger, fear, sadness, sexual feelings and affection. The feeling of alienation, hopelessness, despair, which leads to suicide, occurs in this system.
Even though a person understands suicide as the end to one's life, such as in the recent case where the man decapitates self, the limbic system can win over the intellectual part of the brain.
Without consensus of those who love a person, suicide is the most selfish act, reported The Examiner, since selfless people continue to live, even if their lives are not for themselves any longer.
Man decapitates self, and the man, as all others who have committed suicide, have been ruled over by his or her limbic system. Still, there are ways to prevent "alienation," and hopefully, those who want to commit suicide get help and see the world as a loving and un-alienating place.
This article is copyrighted by Travelers Today, the travel news leader
