I feel so sorry for his family, especially his children. Suicide always leaves so many questions unanswered which can haunt a family indefinitely.
My brother commited suicide and left no note or explanation as to why. We knew he suffered from depression but never realised he was suicidal. I was the last person to see him alive and never noticed anything unusual but I still question myself to this day. I had to watch my parents go through the grief of losing their son and watch them pop sleeping pills like smarties just so they could sleep for even a few hours. My mum never got over it.
I can also understand peoples feelings as to why this man chose to do it the way he did. Not only has it devastated his family but will probably have caused untold stress to people who witnessed it.
Selfish and cowardly? I honestly don’t think so. There is a good chance that he may well have only been considering taking his own life but with people egging him on, that may have been confirming what he himself thought. Depression is an awful illness and one that some people may never understand. We shouldn’t judge this man but instead feel sorry for those he left behind.