Germanwings Crash: More Than An Act of Terrorism- Mackenzie McGregor 6th period

Everyone has heard about the recent plane crash in the Alps that led to 150 people dead. Most of those that heard about the crash saw the crash as an act of terrorism by Andreas Lubitz, but there are those that decide to look beyond the basic information given concerning the tragic crash. The select few that refuse to look at the crash as a terroristic act instead see it as a suicide that sadly took 149 innocent lives. Many refuse to accept the possible reasoning for the crash to be simply suicide. Although this is understandable as the crash took too many lives, the idea of the reasoning being suicide could make sense. Often those that commit the most horrendous crimes are the ones that go through a time of weakness or even mental insanity to which they find the only answer is death. The way they respond to the idea is by taking out much of there contained anger and insanity on innocent civilians that have nothing to do with what is going on in the attacker's life. Once the attacker feels as though enough blood has been shed, they turn the weapon on themselves. This in no way justifies the actions of Lubitz, but it rather identifies a problem that society fails to respond effectively to. It is too often that in a small town or large city we hear about the loss of several lives to suicide solely because they did not feel important or cared for. Yes, we have the stereotypical suicide hotline. But, does that truly make the difference for the men or women contemplating taking others' lives along with their own? Society must make an effort to prevent more cases such as this where even though neither side can agree on a reasonable label, we can prevent tragedies such as this from repeating itself in history by simply taking the time to fund more research and assistance for those contemplating suicide.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/30/opinions/schmitz-suicide-germanwings/index.html