If you down voted this please explain your position to enlighten others. Otherwise I am just going to assume you did so out of poor life experience. Suicidal people often need and can use help, after which they can return to not being suicidal. Gp's 9/11 reference was also kind of nonsensical, and I say that as someone who was in the DC area at that time.

The North Tower of the World Trade Center was engulfed in flames above the 93rd floor and suffered severe structural damage, cutting off all possible routes of escape. At least 1,300 people were trapped above this point; none of them survived. Even if the towers had not collapsed, these people would almost certainly have died from smoke inhalation due to the difficulty of firefighting and the impossibility of rescue.

The South Tower was struck more obliquely leaving one intact stairwell, but this was difficult to locate and descend due to the huge quantities of thick, black, choking smoke. At least 600 people were unable to find an escape route before the tower collapsed. Most of these people would have likely died of smoke inhalation if the tower had not collapsed.

My reference to 9/11 was, in my opinion, entirely apposite. On that day, nearly 2,000 people were faced with no choice other than the manner of their death. Around 200 people chose to jump.

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002-09-02-jumpe...

This is much more detailed than your original statement. Thank you.

I still think the number is likely nonzero (a word I chose to indicate it may not be a high number but it is not zero) and my earlier point is reenforced: they were forced into it by circumstance, and would have taken another path had it been on offer.

It was most certainly not a "peaceful death".

Edit: I will be honest, some of my reaction came emotionally from offense at the implication that theirs was somehow a "peaceful death" (your words). The USA Today piece you cited says it was officially called "homicide". That is accurate. Assisted suicide is a totally different thing.