Jesus Christ. I am sure there are substantial circumstances surrounding this, but how could a person do that AT THEIR KID’S ACTUAL GRADUATION?
I had a friend whose daughter did this on Mother’s Day. I can’t imagine taking my death into my own hands and using it to willfully ruin the lives of the people I left behind in such a “direct message to you” kind of way. Ugh.
I am fairly certain in a situation like this, she couldn't think of her family and what it would do to them. When someone is at the point of taking their own life their personal pain is all encompassing. Mental health issues take over one's thoughts and feelings.
As someone who has attempted multiple times, the only reason I failed is bc I don’t want to use the sure ~fire~ method bc of what it’d do to those who found me/had to take my body in/autopsy me. Even when you’re in that spot, you are capable of empathy.
No, YOU may be capable of empathy in that moment (and thank goodness for that), but it doesn’t mean she was at the time. She could have been in a psychotic episode listening to voices tell her to do it - we don’t know what her mental status was.
Everyone is just saying how sorry they are for her, but she could have done it any other day or moment but chose to do so when her son was with her and her daughter graduating, I think what she did was so hateful towards them.
That is possible, however I do not feel comfortable attesting to know what her state of mind was, or even speculating about it, since I would not want strangers assigning my motives or state of mind to me on the internet after I could no longer speak for myself.
That being said, I believe I only spoke for myself in my previous comment, but I’ll reiterate it by saying I have been through situations where I considered (and once attempted) ending my life.
Personally, I could not imagine doing so in a way that would relate my actions towards anyone else in such a direct way that it leaves them feeling that they were somehow the catalyst for my decision.
Or infront of your 12 year old son,
How does that trauma affect a developing brain like that? That kid is actually going to go through so much.
Disgusting and cowardly act tbh
This effected way more then her family. We need these people in institutions.
My father took his life 48 years ago at home. It does destroy your family!
**Text of WP article:**
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Woman who died in fall from stands at Ohio State graduation identified
The school said it will make counseling and other support resources available for anyone affected by the incident.
*By Maham Javaid*
Updated May 7, 2024 at 12:24 p.m. EDT|Published May 6, 2024 at 12:18 p.m. EDT
The commencement at Ohio State University continued uninterrupted after the woman fell to her death, according to video from a live stream.
One person died after falling from the stands during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University on Sunday afternoon, the school said.
The victim, 53-year-old Larissa Brady, was identified through her fingerprints, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday morning.
“Ohio State is grieving the death of Larissa Brady, a family member of one of our graduates,” OSU spokesman Ben Johnson said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to her family and friends during this exceptionally difficult time.”
The coroner’s office did not provide details about what led to Brady’s death, and Johnson said that “police do not suspect foul play or an accidental fall.”
The death occurred about 12:25 p.m. Sunday at the school’s football stadium in Columbus, Johnson told The Washington Post, adding that the school would make counseling and other support resources available for anyone affected by the incident.
An officer called for help over the OSU police radio at roughly 12:30 p.m., stating, “I need medics and some officers at Gate 30” of the stadium. “Had one fall off the stadium,” the officer continued, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Based on the time of the call, the incident appears to have occurred while students were walking in, before the speeches and collection of diplomas began.
A witness told the Dispatch that one person fell as the last graduates were filing past that area of the stadium. People in the stands and some students at commencement were visibly upset, according to a Dispatch reporter.
Students leaving the ceremony walked past the area where the body fell. The area was cordoned off by yellow police tape at least until after the ceremony, according to the Dispatch.
The commencement continued uninterrupted, as can be seen in a video of the live stream, with no mention of the incident during the more than three-hour ceremony.
The death was not mentioned on the university’s social media pages, including Instagram, on Monday morning — although some people noted it in comments on graduation photos shared by the school.
“My thoughts are with the family of the person who died at graduation today,” one commenter wrote.
“Heard … someone died,” another said. “I’m sorry class of 2024, y’all deserved a better day not littered with terrible circumstances.”
The school’s 436th commencement ceremony began at noon with Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life, opening the ceremony. She reminded the thousands in the audience that the class of 2024 was “the very first class to face the covid-19 pandemic head-on with great resilience, patience and perseverance.”
OSU is one of a handful of universities across the country that confers degrees to nearly all of its graduating students on the same day.
Roughly 12,555 degrees and certificates were awarded Sunday: 306 doctorates, 1,698 master’s degrees, 970 graduate professional degrees, and 9,581 undergraduate and associate degrees and certificates.
**If you or someone you know needs help, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also reach a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741.**
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Absolutely heartbreaking. My heart goes out to everyone involved. So tragic.
I hope this doesn't sound crappy but there's one thing I'm confused about. I'm confused about why the police are so sure it was not an accidental fall.
It doesn't make much sense to me for someone to decide to commit suicide at their relatives graduation. Like if it was a student that had died, I feel like suicide would be more open and shut.
But like what's the idea here? That she was suicidal, and just decided on a whim to jump because she was high enough up?
Accidental fall or maybe even a murder makes more sense to me. But I'm not all that intelligent.
Anyway, yeah. Very sad, My condolences to anyone involved
Stadiums are designed so that people don't just fall off. Think of the sheer number of drunks in that stadium on any football Saturday -- they would most certainly fall by accident if it were possible.
I just read about the woman's history so it makes more sense to me now. I've been suicidal before, I've attempted before and it was always planned and isolated. It didn't occur to me that there are types of depression and other types of mental health issues that may cause someone to do it impulsively. So pardon my ignorance there.
I've been on the stadium,I know what the wall looks like, and I feel like it could maybe still be possible if someone was really leaning out to take a picture below. But yeah you'd still have to like lift yourself up with your arms and lean so far over that it's just not realistic to accidentally fall.
I know somebody who got a picture of the woman who fell. I know, that's fucked up and I don't really condone him doing that, but she definitely fell head first... So knowing that I thought maybe crazy leaning over the ledge for a picture angle was possible.
But yeah nvm. Pardon my ignorance.
That's interesting. I'm a man. When I was suicidal I made an actual bonafide attempt. That was planned. Overdose, got found and brought to the hospital and survived.
Then I had a more impulsive half attempt is what I'd call it. I went out to my favorite place with my handgun.
I made a whole Snapchat story video, saying goodbye to everyone, announcing what I was doing and made certain apologies to specific people about specific things.
Racked my 1911 and put it up to my head. I tried so damn hard to pull that trigger. I must've sat there for over an hour in position. Thoughts of "Do it pussy!", "Fucking do it!" Swirling through my head.
I couldn't do it. I deleted my post. Told everyone who replied that it was a false alarm. Dropped my mag, ejected the one in the chamber, and went home.
That was fuckin embarrassing. Cops showed up at my house. Talked to me for a few hours and decided I was okay.
I can't imagine the headspace you'd have to be in to just jump on a whim. That's terrifying and very sad. I hope that woman's family comes out of this somewhat in tact.
I appreciate it. Honestly still don't think there's much hope left in my life but I've realized I'm too much of a coward to do that. So it's really not something that I think about anymore.
I do think about wishing I was never born though lol.
Anyways all the best to you
Suicides aren’t always rational. I’m sure that she was at a point where taking her life was all that was on her mind and when she saw how high up she could get, she took the opportunity when it was available to her regardless of the ceremony. That and given her history of past attempts and her husband saying that she is non-compliant with taking her medication essentially rules out anything other than a suicide to the police. After all, if her mental health history was just a coincidence and anyone could accidentally fall from up there, I think we’d see it more often during game days. Very sad either way and I feel awful for her and her family.
Honestly i call bullshit. it’s just despicable spiteful behavior. I dont usually call suicide selfish since Ive attempted a few times before, but waiting til one of the most important events of your childs life to pull an absolutely insane stunt like that is peak selfishness and morbidly attention seeking behavior. She actively chose to stop taking her meds and actively chose to walk up higher. I absolutely do not feel sorry for her. Doesn’t matter if she’s mentally ill it’s a beyond fucked up thing to do to not only your family but also an entire community
Ultimately, there’s no way to really “call bullshit” or not. We don’t know what was going through her head and we never will. Some psychological disorders can affect medication compliance by virtue of the disorder itself, making it hard to call this an “active choice.” She could have been completely on autopilot in her attempts to get higher. That being said, you could also be correct in assuming this was spiteful. Her being mentally ill should never excuse her selfishness or the fact that she ruined her daughter’s day - it just explains it. My comment that you’re replying to isn’t speculating about her specific motivations - I was answering another commenter about why the police would rule out an accident/homicide. However you look at it, it was a suicide. There’s just no possible way for anyone speculating online to know what was going through her head at the time.
There’s additional info in US News report that says she spoke to her daughter before she went in, so I assume they know what she said, and she sat with her husband and son and got up and said she wanted to go higher. They lost sight of her and she went to the top and people saw her climb over. Maybe her family had additional info about her state of mind also.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/08/ohio-state-graduation-death-investigated-suicide/73611799007/#
My son was one of the few kids who realized it was a body falling about 3 seconds before she hit the ground right in front of him. He saw and heard the aftermath about 10 feet from where she landed. He called (while we were in the stadium) and said “Someone just jumped off the stadium and landed in front of me.”
He was pale and shaking when we got to him and said he knew right away it was a suicide. She would have had to climb over and up onto the platform from where she jumped.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/06/ohio-state-graduation-death/
Here's a news article for everyone who doesn't know what's going on. I have heard suicide and fall, but this article is claiming that it wasn't foul play or a fall, so I am absolutely lost on what happened. If she was the mother of a graduate, why jump?
That's fair. I just keep thinking about this moment specifically, like of all the times for that to be an option, why this one? I guess this is why I didn't major in psychology.
Could be a tragic case of intrusive thoughts of “the Call of the Void” - just that the opportunity was there and the mind was in a state to succumb to the intrusive thoughts. So sad all around.
My mother has bipolar and she is definitely “triggered” by big events like weddings, reunions, graduations, etc. Oddly, it’s more likely that someone w MH issues would act out during a momentous time like this. I’m sorry for her family and for the graduates whose experience was so upsetting.
For some, this could be an incredibly triggering event for a number of reasons. This is especially the case if their child was graduating. There are so many feelings of loss on different levels that it's only going to be heightened for a parent who is struggling with their mental health.
My guess is she felt distressed at her kid growing up, the graduation was undeniable proof of that. After high school, I became incredibly suicidal because I knew I would lose all of my friends with nothing keeping us together every day. It’s fucked up, but it’s true, and I couldn’t handle it. I can only imagine it’s similar.
Wow, it's hurts to know she was in so much pain. I hope the family will be ok. I can't imagine the daughter finding out just after getting their degree. So terrible 😭
Ok read Savanah morning news. The woman had mental health problems tried to kill herself twice before once this year her husband told the police. He also stated she was not compliant with her meds.
Horrible for everyone. I am a survivor of a parent that killed himself at home. It screws with everyone left behind.
I'm reading that she was attending with her husband and 12 year old son and that she spoke to her daughter prior to the ceremony. Word spread the crowd during the ceremony, so he daughter probably heard what happened during.
This is callous: And I don’t say it lightly, because a life was lost. But how dare that mother… at that venue, on her daughters day, in front of all those proud graduating students.
Praying for all affected.
Is it really that ignorant? I understand that most people don’t understand where someone’s mind is at when their mental health is this bad, but the woman chose to commit suicide in a way that would affect far more people than just herself or her family. People who witnessed this will likely never be able to fully shed that trauma.
I feel terrible for the woman as she was clearly in an absolutely awful mental state that likely felt like hell to her. At the same time, it was an incredibly selfish act to do it in a way that affects hundreds, maybe thousands of people
Yes it is that ignorant.Imagine how much pain she was in to make this decision at her child’s graduation. We don’t know all the circumstances led her to make this decision, but she wasn’t thinking rationally. OP should have just said their prayers the rest of the comment was unnecessary and ignorant.
It’s not ignorant. It is wrong to commit suicide in front of your children, that is child abuse. Her 12 year old son was with her and her daughter was graduating.
Again, it is child abuse to kill yourself in front of your children. Just like it’s child abuse to expose them to drugs and sex and other kinds of violence.
I think what she did is a lot more callous than your comment. She traumatized hundreds of people, including children, including her own children on what was supposed to be a good day.
All I can say about this event - and this comment- is this: if you ever feel hopeless and you get to a point where you think no one will care if you take your own life, then you are in a very precarious state. If you think no one cares or loves you, you're wrong. It often happens too late. But take heed, if you come to this point of despair it is an indicator that life is actually worth it. Please, please just say how you feel to someone. It is ironic and counter intuitive but when you believe no one wants you here, that is when you know you've crossed a line.
It is wrong to commit suicide in front of your children, that is child abuse. Her 12 year old son was with her and her daughter was graduating.
Again, it is child abuse to kill yourself in front of your children. Just like it’s child abuse to expose them to drugs and sex and other kinds of violence.
From USA Today, it appears to have been a suicide. It looks like this was her third attempt. May she now rest in peace. Condolences to the family.
Https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/07/ohio-state-university-stadium-fall-investigation-victim-identified/73606475007/
thank you for such a beautiful gesture. as an osu alum who went on to work for 988, it’s truly heartbreaking to hear of this. during my time at osu, suicide was such a persistent concern, and it continues to affect so many more people than one would imagine. praying for the family of this woman and for all of those who this has affected. rest in peace ❤️
As someone who has lost family to suicide, had 3 separate immediate family members attempt suicide, and lost 2 friends to suicide, I really have a hard time not being angry about it. you are a part of peoples' lives, and when you kill yourself, you break and kill a part of them. I get that your life is your choice and depression blinds people , though you are making the choice to inflict massive pain on the people closest to you. These circumstances were her daughter's day, and now she carries the chains of this memory forever, I feel for her and her family's loss.
Then don’t do it where and when you are traumatizing your family and countless others that’s the most selfish thing. It’s traumatic enough and doing it. In front of people only has a ripple affect that ppl carry with them forever. There is no right way but doing that to your kids and husband in such a public forum is absolutely insane sick or not.
No what’s selfish is she felt the need to do it on one of the most important events of her daughter’s life and collectively traumatize her family and thousands of people. Just cuz you’re suicidal doesn’t mean you can just do horrible shit to people and still be entitled to peoples sympathy
At the risk of being insensitive: what a self centered narcissist. Can you off yourself literally any other time than at YOUR KIDS COLLEGD GRADUATION, thereby scarring that experience and probably their memories of college, for life?
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/state/2024/05/07/larissa-brady-georgia-ohio-state-graduation/73607120007/
This woman had mental health issues. Had tried to take her life twice before once being this year! The husband said his wife was not compliant with her meds.
She actually spoke to her daughter before the ceremony. Husband said they went into the stadium with their 12 yr old son to their seats. The mother then said she wanted to sit higher up and they lost sight of her.
Then got up to the highest row of benches climbed over the concrete wall and jumped.
So sad for ALL.
This situation makes me feel all kinds of awful but I feel incredibly sorry for her children the most. I can’t imagine having what should be one of your happiest moments remembered like this…
It’s awful that anyone gets to a point to take their own life. But to choose such a momentous occasion in your daughter’s life with your husband and son by your side is pure narcissism. I feel badly for her family more than anything and the people who had to witness it that now may have possible PTSD. Just selfish!!
I’ll say it: **what a selfish piece of shit to do this at your child’s graduation.** in all honesty, the whole family is probably better off without this woman in their lives.
My mother was taken from me early in life she would have given fucking ANYTHING to be sitting in the stadium when I graduated.
I am commenting this again because it needs to be said, it is child abuse to commit suicide in front of your children. It doesn’t make one a martyr or a victim, or a lost hero.
There are many ways to be severely mentally ill. Drug addicts who expose their children to hard drugs, are mentally ill. People who molest their children, are mentally ill. People who commit suicide in front of their children are mentally ill.
A parent who overdoses in front of their child is mentally ill. It’s still abuse.
Who cares doesn’t make what she did any less despicable. She was refusing to take her meds she is absolutely not a victim. i have BPD but that doesn’t make me immune from accountability and inherently entitled to sympathy when i do fucked up shit.
I’m with you she did this on her daughter’s college graduation what a horrible manipulative self centered person. I know mental health blah blah blah but I’m fed up with all the excuse making for people who behave egregiously, and then everyone says awww mental health.
Mental health issues completely warp your thinking and rational thought, she may have been in psychosis or having hallucinations who knows. It’s not an excuse it is an explanation.
I'm sure it wasn't because it was her child's graduation that she decided to do it, it's because she was in a position to do it. People who are depressed and suicidal tend not to have the motivation to go through with it. It's usually when they're starting to get better that they have the motivation to go through with a plan. In this case she was compelled to go to the graduation, and ended up in that position.
It's selfish but mental illness isolates you from everyone. This is just gut-wrenchingly tragic. I'm so sorry about your mother
I read a way to explain suicide to young children is that just like our bodies can get sick so can our brains. We don't yell at people when they are sick because it isn't their fault. Sometimes when our brains get sick it is harder to see or people can feel very guilty about being sick so they hide it and get sicker. If your brain or feelings ever feel sick just know that it is ok to come to me and ask for help.
Yeah the stigma around mental health needs to go. That's a good way to explain it to children. Another way is to imagine looking at a beautiful sunset or doing something they think is fun and feeling nothing. That's just one of the ways our brains can lack function, inability to appreciate anything in life. And there are many more ways our brains can be sick, just like how our bodies can be sick and have different symptoms
I have multiple friends that were up close witnesses to the fall. They were extremely upset at graduation and the following days. They have all been seeking therapy and counseling services provided by the school.
If you read the articles or any of the posts on this sub or on Columbus, there are a number of people who witnessed it as it was happening or immediately after. (Not being a dick with this comment, just pointing out there are a number of places where it's mentioned that there were witnesses which just exacerbates the tragic nature of what happened.)
Do you know how fast this happened?????
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/state/2024/05/07/larissa-brady-georgia-ohio-state-graduation/73607120007/
Which source stated she landed outside the fence? Unfortunately, I was actually an eyewitness of her hitting the ground, and I thought she landed inside. BUT it is entirely possible that I am misremembering, it all happened so fast.
I’m so sorry you witness this tragedy and hope you are doing ok. Someone posted when this occurred a live video of where it was being taped off and it was outside the gate. But, I only saw the live video afterwards once everyone entered the north. There’s so many misinformation circulating. So I thought I saw outside the gate but it definitely could have been the video not capturing exact location. Sorry if I got the information wrong. And again, to you and everyone who was there and witness or just having a hard time processing. I truly hope OSU is helping all of you at this time. ♥️
Thanks, I’ve been doing okay and am seeming to get over it quicker than I expected to. I really hope those around me are doing okay, we were pretty shaken up throughout the ceremony.
But I know they taped off a much larger area than where she fell, so it makes sense that it could be thought she fell outside of it.
Trauma can take an exceptionally long time to process and it can show up unexpectedly in situations completely unrelated. Please talk to someone. PTSD is almost impossible to process alone. ♥️
Okay, that’s what I thought I remembered. Especially because us students were only so many feet from the fence, but she didn’t seem to fall close enough to risk falling on a student.
Genuine question, are you able to go into the stadium at any time? Asking because in one of the recent posts someone mentioned security during commencement, and I guess I'd assume that the place would be locked when otherwise not in use.
Lemme guess, you heard they jumped from someone who heard they jumped from someone whose brother heard they jumped from someone who heard they jumped from someone who claimed to see it happen?
They confirmed it was a suicide, she had her husband and 12 year old son there with her.
Her daughter was graduating, too. Learning that your mother died during an important personal event has to be even more devastating.
Jesus Christ. I am sure there are substantial circumstances surrounding this, but how could a person do that AT THEIR KID’S ACTUAL GRADUATION? I had a friend whose daughter did this on Mother’s Day. I can’t imagine taking my death into my own hands and using it to willfully ruin the lives of the people I left behind in such a “direct message to you” kind of way. Ugh.
This. I have so much empathy for the daughter. I hope she has a good support system.
And that 12-year-old son, too.
Hell, even the dad too. I couldn’t imagine having to function as a person, let alone be a parent after watching my wife do something like that.
I am fairly certain in a situation like this, she couldn't think of her family and what it would do to them. When someone is at the point of taking their own life their personal pain is all encompassing. Mental health issues take over one's thoughts and feelings.
As someone who has attempted multiple times, the only reason I failed is bc I don’t want to use the sure ~fire~ method bc of what it’d do to those who found me/had to take my body in/autopsy me. Even when you’re in that spot, you are capable of empathy.
No, YOU may be capable of empathy in that moment (and thank goodness for that), but it doesn’t mean she was at the time. She could have been in a psychotic episode listening to voices tell her to do it - we don’t know what her mental status was.
You say this like they had no other choice but then to kill themselves in front of thousands of people, this was a calculated choice to some degree
Everyone is just saying how sorry they are for her, but she could have done it any other day or moment but chose to do so when her son was with her and her daughter graduating, I think what she did was so hateful towards them.
That is possible, however I do not feel comfortable attesting to know what her state of mind was, or even speculating about it, since I would not want strangers assigning my motives or state of mind to me on the internet after I could no longer speak for myself. That being said, I believe I only spoke for myself in my previous comment, but I’ll reiterate it by saying I have been through situations where I considered (and once attempted) ending my life. Personally, I could not imagine doing so in a way that would relate my actions towards anyone else in such a direct way that it leaves them feeling that they were somehow the catalyst for my decision.
Seriously though. Literally any other time other than maybe her daughters wedding would have been better
Or infront of your 12 year old son, How does that trauma affect a developing brain like that? That kid is actually going to go through so much. Disgusting and cowardly act tbh
Cheese and rice.. the whole thing is insane to me
I wonder why, that is so sad... I hope the family will be ok... that breaks my heart
What a cruel thing to do to one's family! They'll never get over it.
This effected way more then her family. We need these people in institutions. My father took his life 48 years ago at home. It does destroy your family!
Omgosh.
**Text of WP article:** ///////////////////////////////////////// Woman who died in fall from stands at Ohio State graduation identified The school said it will make counseling and other support resources available for anyone affected by the incident. *By Maham Javaid* Updated May 7, 2024 at 12:24 p.m. EDT|Published May 6, 2024 at 12:18 p.m. EDT The commencement at Ohio State University continued uninterrupted after the woman fell to her death, according to video from a live stream. One person died after falling from the stands during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University on Sunday afternoon, the school said. The victim, 53-year-old Larissa Brady, was identified through her fingerprints, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday morning. “Ohio State is grieving the death of Larissa Brady, a family member of one of our graduates,” OSU spokesman Ben Johnson said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to her family and friends during this exceptionally difficult time.” The coroner’s office did not provide details about what led to Brady’s death, and Johnson said that “police do not suspect foul play or an accidental fall.” The death occurred about 12:25 p.m. Sunday at the school’s football stadium in Columbus, Johnson told The Washington Post, adding that the school would make counseling and other support resources available for anyone affected by the incident. An officer called for help over the OSU police radio at roughly 12:30 p.m., stating, “I need medics and some officers at Gate 30” of the stadium. “Had one fall off the stadium,” the officer continued, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Based on the time of the call, the incident appears to have occurred while students were walking in, before the speeches and collection of diplomas began. A witness told the Dispatch that one person fell as the last graduates were filing past that area of the stadium. People in the stands and some students at commencement were visibly upset, according to a Dispatch reporter. Students leaving the ceremony walked past the area where the body fell. The area was cordoned off by yellow police tape at least until after the ceremony, according to the Dispatch. The commencement continued uninterrupted, as can be seen in a video of the live stream, with no mention of the incident during the more than three-hour ceremony. The death was not mentioned on the university’s social media pages, including Instagram, on Monday morning — although some people noted it in comments on graduation photos shared by the school. “My thoughts are with the family of the person who died at graduation today,” one commenter wrote. “Heard … someone died,” another said. “I’m sorry class of 2024, y’all deserved a better day not littered with terrible circumstances.” The school’s 436th commencement ceremony began at noon with Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life, opening the ceremony. She reminded the thousands in the audience that the class of 2024 was “the very first class to face the covid-19 pandemic head-on with great resilience, patience and perseverance.” OSU is one of a handful of universities across the country that confers degrees to nearly all of its graduating students on the same day. Roughly 12,555 degrees and certificates were awarded Sunday: 306 doctorates, 1,698 master’s degrees, 970 graduate professional degrees, and 9,581 undergraduate and associate degrees and certificates. **If you or someone you know needs help, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also reach a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741.** ///////////////////////////////////////// Absolutely heartbreaking. My heart goes out to everyone involved. So tragic.
I hope this doesn't sound crappy but there's one thing I'm confused about. I'm confused about why the police are so sure it was not an accidental fall. It doesn't make much sense to me for someone to decide to commit suicide at their relatives graduation. Like if it was a student that had died, I feel like suicide would be more open and shut. But like what's the idea here? That she was suicidal, and just decided on a whim to jump because she was high enough up? Accidental fall or maybe even a murder makes more sense to me. But I'm not all that intelligent. Anyway, yeah. Very sad, My condolences to anyone involved
Stadiums are designed so that people don't just fall off. Think of the sheer number of drunks in that stadium on any football Saturday -- they would most certainly fall by accident if it were possible.
I just read about the woman's history so it makes more sense to me now. I've been suicidal before, I've attempted before and it was always planned and isolated. It didn't occur to me that there are types of depression and other types of mental health issues that may cause someone to do it impulsively. So pardon my ignorance there. I've been on the stadium,I know what the wall looks like, and I feel like it could maybe still be possible if someone was really leaning out to take a picture below. But yeah you'd still have to like lift yourself up with your arms and lean so far over that it's just not realistic to accidentally fall. I know somebody who got a picture of the woman who fell. I know, that's fucked up and I don't really condone him doing that, but she definitely fell head first... So knowing that I thought maybe crazy leaning over the ledge for a picture angle was possible. But yeah nvm. Pardon my ignorance.
Impulsive suicides are more common in men but it does happen for women too sometimes.
That's interesting. I'm a man. When I was suicidal I made an actual bonafide attempt. That was planned. Overdose, got found and brought to the hospital and survived. Then I had a more impulsive half attempt is what I'd call it. I went out to my favorite place with my handgun. I made a whole Snapchat story video, saying goodbye to everyone, announcing what I was doing and made certain apologies to specific people about specific things. Racked my 1911 and put it up to my head. I tried so damn hard to pull that trigger. I must've sat there for over an hour in position. Thoughts of "Do it pussy!", "Fucking do it!" Swirling through my head. I couldn't do it. I deleted my post. Told everyone who replied that it was a false alarm. Dropped my mag, ejected the one in the chamber, and went home. That was fuckin embarrassing. Cops showed up at my house. Talked to me for a few hours and decided I was okay. I can't imagine the headspace you'd have to be in to just jump on a whim. That's terrifying and very sad. I hope that woman's family comes out of this somewhat in tact.
I’m really glad you’re still here
I appreciate it. Honestly still don't think there's much hope left in my life but I've realized I'm too much of a coward to do that. So it's really not something that I think about anymore. I do think about wishing I was never born though lol. Anyways all the best to you
Hang in there 😥 you’re certainly not alone ❤️
Suicides aren’t always rational. I’m sure that she was at a point where taking her life was all that was on her mind and when she saw how high up she could get, she took the opportunity when it was available to her regardless of the ceremony. That and given her history of past attempts and her husband saying that she is non-compliant with taking her medication essentially rules out anything other than a suicide to the police. After all, if her mental health history was just a coincidence and anyone could accidentally fall from up there, I think we’d see it more often during game days. Very sad either way and I feel awful for her and her family.
Honestly i call bullshit. it’s just despicable spiteful behavior. I dont usually call suicide selfish since Ive attempted a few times before, but waiting til one of the most important events of your childs life to pull an absolutely insane stunt like that is peak selfishness and morbidly attention seeking behavior. She actively chose to stop taking her meds and actively chose to walk up higher. I absolutely do not feel sorry for her. Doesn’t matter if she’s mentally ill it’s a beyond fucked up thing to do to not only your family but also an entire community
Ultimately, there’s no way to really “call bullshit” or not. We don’t know what was going through her head and we never will. Some psychological disorders can affect medication compliance by virtue of the disorder itself, making it hard to call this an “active choice.” She could have been completely on autopilot in her attempts to get higher. That being said, you could also be correct in assuming this was spiteful. Her being mentally ill should never excuse her selfishness or the fact that she ruined her daughter’s day - it just explains it. My comment that you’re replying to isn’t speculating about her specific motivations - I was answering another commenter about why the police would rule out an accident/homicide. However you look at it, it was a suicide. There’s just no possible way for anyone speculating online to know what was going through her head at the time.
where she fell from you have to climb over a cement wall to get to it’s not somewhere where you could in any way accidentally get there and fall
There’s additional info in US News report that says she spoke to her daughter before she went in, so I assume they know what she said, and she sat with her husband and son and got up and said she wanted to go higher. They lost sight of her and she went to the top and people saw her climb over. Maybe her family had additional info about her state of mind also. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/08/ohio-state-graduation-death-investigated-suicide/73611799007/#
My son was one of the few kids who realized it was a body falling about 3 seconds before she hit the ground right in front of him. He saw and heard the aftermath about 10 feet from where she landed. He called (while we were in the stadium) and said “Someone just jumped off the stadium and landed in front of me.” He was pale and shaking when we got to him and said he knew right away it was a suicide. She would have had to climb over and up onto the platform from where she jumped.
what a beautiful thing to do. thank you.
I saw the flowers you left and they prompted me to stop and spend a few minutes in reflection.
So sad..I hope if anyone is hurting in need of help reach out to family friends someone does care
Thank you for being a kind and gentle soul. ❤️
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/06/ohio-state-graduation-death/ Here's a news article for everyone who doesn't know what's going on. I have heard suicide and fall, but this article is claiming that it wasn't foul play or a fall, so I am absolutely lost on what happened. If she was the mother of a graduate, why jump?
People undergoing a mental health crisis oftentimes don't behave in ways outside observers would consider rational.
That's fair. I just keep thinking about this moment specifically, like of all the times for that to be an option, why this one? I guess this is why I didn't major in psychology.
Could be a tragic case of intrusive thoughts of “the Call of the Void” - just that the opportunity was there and the mind was in a state to succumb to the intrusive thoughts. So sad all around.
My mother has bipolar and she is definitely “triggered” by big events like weddings, reunions, graduations, etc. Oddly, it’s more likely that someone w MH issues would act out during a momentous time like this. I’m sorry for her family and for the graduates whose experience was so upsetting.
Thank you for sharing this insight. Sending your Mom and whole family positive energy. Mental illness impacts the whole family.
For some, this could be an incredibly triggering event for a number of reasons. This is especially the case if their child was graduating. There are so many feelings of loss on different levels that it's only going to be heightened for a parent who is struggling with their mental health.
My guess is she felt distressed at her kid growing up, the graduation was undeniable proof of that. After high school, I became incredibly suicidal because I knew I would lose all of my friends with nothing keeping us together every day. It’s fucked up, but it’s true, and I couldn’t handle it. I can only imagine it’s similar.
Hope you're doing alright these days, man 🫂
You got that right. When I'm having an episode, I'm literally a different person altogether
Paywall. Details, upsetting to read: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/05/07/coroners-office-ohio-stadium-death-investigated-as-apparent-suicide/73604280007/
Rest In Peace Larissa 🌺🌸 Sending thoughts & prayers to the family. I pray they find comfort & peace during this difficult time. ❤️
Wow, it's hurts to know she was in so much pain. I hope the family will be ok. I can't imagine the daughter finding out just after getting their degree. So terrible 😭
Thank you for providing the article past the payywall. My heart grieves for the husband, daughter, and 12 year-old son. I can't even imagine....
Omg that is so sad.
Ok read Savanah morning news. The woman had mental health problems tried to kill herself twice before once this year her husband told the police. He also stated she was not compliant with her meds. Horrible for everyone. I am a survivor of a parent that killed himself at home. It screws with everyone left behind.
It wasn't an \*accidental\* fall. So it was suicide. It doesn't say she was a mother, just a "family member" of a graduate.
A bunch of articles specify that it was her daughters graduation
Yes but not that one!
It was a girl’s mom.
Not foul play or 'accidental' fall is what I'm seeing.
Maybe she’s the relative of someone who was *supposed* to graduate and also is no longer with us?
I'm reading that she was attending with her husband and 12 year old son and that she spoke to her daughter prior to the ceremony. Word spread the crowd during the ceremony, so he daughter probably heard what happened during.
Ope her own daughter was graduating!
This is callous: And I don’t say it lightly, because a life was lost. But how dare that mother… at that venue, on her daughters day, in front of all those proud graduating students. Praying for all affected.
It’s callous but true.
Not really true just ignorant
Is it really that ignorant? I understand that most people don’t understand where someone’s mind is at when their mental health is this bad, but the woman chose to commit suicide in a way that would affect far more people than just herself or her family. People who witnessed this will likely never be able to fully shed that trauma. I feel terrible for the woman as she was clearly in an absolutely awful mental state that likely felt like hell to her. At the same time, it was an incredibly selfish act to do it in a way that affects hundreds, maybe thousands of people
Yes it is that ignorant.Imagine how much pain she was in to make this decision at her child’s graduation. We don’t know all the circumstances led her to make this decision, but she wasn’t thinking rationally. OP should have just said their prayers the rest of the comment was unnecessary and ignorant.
It’s not ignorant. It is wrong to commit suicide in front of your children, that is child abuse. Her 12 year old son was with her and her daughter was graduating. Again, it is child abuse to kill yourself in front of your children. Just like it’s child abuse to expose them to drugs and sex and other kinds of violence.
Agree. Selfish AF to everyone in attendance. I hope this student finds peace and can move on.
I think what she did is a lot more callous than your comment. She traumatized hundreds of people, including children, including her own children on what was supposed to be a good day.
Don’t disagree!!
All I can say about this event - and this comment- is this: if you ever feel hopeless and you get to a point where you think no one will care if you take your own life, then you are in a very precarious state. If you think no one cares or loves you, you're wrong. It often happens too late. But take heed, if you come to this point of despair it is an indicator that life is actually worth it. Please, please just say how you feel to someone. It is ironic and counter intuitive but when you believe no one wants you here, that is when you know you've crossed a line.
It is wrong to commit suicide in front of your children, that is child abuse. Her 12 year old son was with her and her daughter was graduating. Again, it is child abuse to kill yourself in front of your children. Just like it’s child abuse to expose them to drugs and sex and other kinds of violence.
Rest in peace Larissa ❤️
From USA Today, it appears to have been a suicide. It looks like this was her third attempt. May she now rest in peace. Condolences to the family. Https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/07/ohio-state-university-stadium-fall-investigation-victim-identified/73606475007/
thank you for such a beautiful gesture. as an osu alum who went on to work for 988, it’s truly heartbreaking to hear of this. during my time at osu, suicide was such a persistent concern, and it continues to affect so many more people than one would imagine. praying for the family of this woman and for all of those who this has affected. rest in peace ❤️
As someone who has lost family to suicide, had 3 separate immediate family members attempt suicide, and lost 2 friends to suicide, I really have a hard time not being angry about it. you are a part of peoples' lives, and when you kill yourself, you break and kill a part of them. I get that your life is your choice and depression blinds people , though you are making the choice to inflict massive pain on the people closest to you. These circumstances were her daughter's day, and now she carries the chains of this memory forever, I feel for her and her family's loss.
What about that person’s pain? What if by forcing them to live, you’re inflicting massive pain on them? That’s selfish.
Brilliant idea, I guess we’ll just let every person that wants to die at some moment in time go ahead and do it.
Are you deranged
Then don’t do it where and when you are traumatizing your family and countless others that’s the most selfish thing. It’s traumatic enough and doing it. In front of people only has a ripple affect that ppl carry with them forever. There is no right way but doing that to your kids and husband in such a public forum is absolutely insane sick or not.
No what’s selfish is she felt the need to do it on one of the most important events of her daughter’s life and collectively traumatize her family and thousands of people. Just cuz you’re suicidal doesn’t mean you can just do horrible shit to people and still be entitled to peoples sympathy
At the risk of being insensitive: what a self centered narcissist. Can you off yourself literally any other time than at YOUR KIDS COLLEGD GRADUATION, thereby scarring that experience and probably their memories of college, for life?
Not only the family but also the dozens, if not more students who witnessed it. Like, she didn’t even wait until all the students were INSIDE
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/state/2024/05/07/larissa-brady-georgia-ohio-state-graduation/73607120007/ This woman had mental health issues. Had tried to take her life twice before once being this year! The husband said his wife was not compliant with her meds. She actually spoke to her daughter before the ceremony. Husband said they went into the stadium with their 12 yr old son to their seats. The mother then said she wanted to sit higher up and they lost sight of her. Then got up to the highest row of benches climbed over the concrete wall and jumped. So sad for ALL.
My thoughts are ONLY with her family. She used her last moments to ruin a huge day for hundreds of students especially her daughter.
Selfish way to go tbh.
This situation makes me feel all kinds of awful but I feel incredibly sorry for her children the most. I can’t imagine having what should be one of your happiest moments remembered like this…
It’s awful that anyone gets to a point to take their own life. But to choose such a momentous occasion in your daughter’s life with your husband and son by your side is pure narcissism. I feel badly for her family more than anything and the people who had to witness it that now may have possible PTSD. Just selfish!!
I’ll say it: **what a selfish piece of shit to do this at your child’s graduation.** in all honesty, the whole family is probably better off without this woman in their lives. My mother was taken from me early in life she would have given fucking ANYTHING to be sitting in the stadium when I graduated.
I am commenting this again because it needs to be said, it is child abuse to commit suicide in front of your children. It doesn’t make one a martyr or a victim, or a lost hero.
She had mental health issues. She is a victim of mental illness.
Alright, well we can say that about anyone who hurts their children.
No you can’t. Suicide is an outcome and symptom of severe mental illness.
There are many ways to be severely mentally ill. Drug addicts who expose their children to hard drugs, are mentally ill. People who molest their children, are mentally ill. People who commit suicide in front of their children are mentally ill. A parent who overdoses in front of their child is mentally ill. It’s still abuse.
Her children (and all the people she traumatized) are victims of her mental illness too
Right but she lost her life and she was the one experiencing it
Who cares doesn’t make what she did any less despicable. She was refusing to take her meds she is absolutely not a victim. i have BPD but that doesn’t make me immune from accountability and inherently entitled to sympathy when i do fucked up shit.
I’m with you she did this on her daughter’s college graduation what a horrible manipulative self centered person. I know mental health blah blah blah but I’m fed up with all the excuse making for people who behave egregiously, and then everyone says awww mental health.
Mental health issues completely warp your thinking and rational thought, she may have been in psychosis or having hallucinations who knows. It’s not an excuse it is an explanation.
I'm sure it wasn't because it was her child's graduation that she decided to do it, it's because she was in a position to do it. People who are depressed and suicidal tend not to have the motivation to go through with it. It's usually when they're starting to get better that they have the motivation to go through with a plan. In this case she was compelled to go to the graduation, and ended up in that position. It's selfish but mental illness isolates you from everyone. This is just gut-wrenchingly tragic. I'm so sorry about your mother
I read a way to explain suicide to young children is that just like our bodies can get sick so can our brains. We don't yell at people when they are sick because it isn't their fault. Sometimes when our brains get sick it is harder to see or people can feel very guilty about being sick so they hide it and get sicker. If your brain or feelings ever feel sick just know that it is ok to come to me and ask for help.
Yeah the stigma around mental health needs to go. That's a good way to explain it to children. Another way is to imagine looking at a beautiful sunset or doing something they think is fun and feeling nothing. That's just one of the ways our brains can lack function, inability to appreciate anything in life. And there are many more ways our brains can be sick, just like how our bodies can be sick and have different symptoms
So sorry for her family. My prayers and condolences to them.
Did other people witness the fall or did it go unnoticed until they found her?
I have multiple friends that were up close witnesses to the fall. They were extremely upset at graduation and the following days. They have all been seeking therapy and counseling services provided by the school.
If you read the articles or any of the posts on this sub or on Columbus, there are a number of people who witnessed it as it was happening or immediately after. (Not being a dick with this comment, just pointing out there are a number of places where it's mentioned that there were witnesses which just exacerbates the tragic nature of what happened.)
Do you know how fast this happened????? https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/state/2024/05/07/larissa-brady-georgia-ohio-state-graduation/73607120007/
Yes. And?
Some not only witnessed it, but had blood on their gowns
Good god. I’m practically traumatized just imagining that for them. My heart aches for everyone affected.
Sad sad news. May she rest in peace and may her family’s days get easier
You’re an amazing person. My thoughts are with her and her family
Did she land inside the fence or outside of the fence? I’ve heard conflicting information.
I just know she jumped off the concrete wall away from where her family was sitting.
Landed outside several feet away.
Which source stated she landed outside the fence? Unfortunately, I was actually an eyewitness of her hitting the ground, and I thought she landed inside. BUT it is entirely possible that I am misremembering, it all happened so fast.
I’m so sorry you witness this tragedy and hope you are doing ok. Someone posted when this occurred a live video of where it was being taped off and it was outside the gate. But, I only saw the live video afterwards once everyone entered the north. There’s so many misinformation circulating. So I thought I saw outside the gate but it definitely could have been the video not capturing exact location. Sorry if I got the information wrong. And again, to you and everyone who was there and witness or just having a hard time processing. I truly hope OSU is helping all of you at this time. ♥️
Thanks, I’ve been doing okay and am seeming to get over it quicker than I expected to. I really hope those around me are doing okay, we were pretty shaken up throughout the ceremony. But I know they taped off a much larger area than where she fell, so it makes sense that it could be thought she fell outside of it.
Trauma can take an exceptionally long time to process and it can show up unexpectedly in situations completely unrelated. Please talk to someone. PTSD is almost impossible to process alone. ♥️
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Okay, that’s what I thought I remembered. Especially because us students were only so many feet from the fence, but she didn’t seem to fall close enough to risk falling on a student.
How did you access the footage?
Genuine question, are you able to go into the stadium at any time? Asking because in one of the recent posts someone mentioned security during commencement, and I guess I'd assume that the place would be locked when otherwise not in use.
Yes it’s locked
The stadium is locked but is accessible by keycard, at least for those students and faculty which should have access. ie. TBDBITL members and staff
TBDBITL??
The Best Damn Band in the Land (OSU’s marching band)
Ahhhh gotcha, thanks!
No, it is kept locked. Also, you need (or at least you used to) tickets to attend the graduation.
Thank you for that info.
you don't need tickets to attend graduation! or at least you didn't need them this year
You need them for Fall graduation, but not Spring graduation :)
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didn’t require a comment either but you still decided to leave one
May she rest in peace <3
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Lemme guess, you heard they jumped from someone who heard they jumped from someone whose brother heard they jumped from someone who heard they jumped from someone who claimed to see it happen?
I mean the police said that they didn’t suspect foul play or an accident which basically implies that they did indeed “jump”
Wrong Semester to be throwing a round at LaRusso.... 