[SensibleCanuck]

This thread has definately gained some momentum. There is a fine line as to why someone would make the decision to do such a nutty thing like taking the children with them in suicide. I would like to clearly point out again that I don't condone the idea of anyone killing their children in this way. I know that this may sound nuts but my mother's suicide saved my life. In my eyes, she made a sacrifice which was a wake up call for my Father. He did tone down after she was gone. He re-married a year after her death & the abuse started again but not as bad.

[canucker]

SensibleCanuck SensibleCanuck:

I know that this may sound nuts but my mother's suicide saved my life. In my eyes, she made a sacrifice which was a wake up call for my Father. He did tone down after she was gone. He re-married a year after her death & the abuse started again but not as bad.

I'm still sorry to hear that.

[SensibleCanuck]

In the Indian culture, when the man is very influential, he has the power to take the children from their mother and hide them so she never sees them again. The reason they do this is because the woman is shamed by the man's family for not having the ability to hold the family together. Indian women are expected to be submissive. She probably deviated from her responsibility as HIS wife. Had they been in India, he might have had her murdered. This would have made it easier for him to take custody. This is something I have read about at length.

[SensibleCanuck]

canucker canucker:

SensibleCanuck SensibleCanuck:

I know that this may sound nuts but my mother's suicide saved my life. In my eyes, she made a sacrifice which was a wake up call for my Father. He did tone down after she was gone. He re-married a year after her death & the abuse started again but not as bad.

I'm still sorry to hear that.

Thanks canucker. It was a long time ago but despite the whole mess, I am a better person for it.

[alieth1]

Sometimes, abuse puts things in a better perspective for some people. I know my friend is a stronger person because he was abused. He now knows how to raise his children, so as to not abuse them.

[GreatBriton]

17 minutes from death, the train suicide family
07:45am 7th September 2005




Last moments: Navjeet Sidhu with daughter Simran and son Arman Raj at the railway station


Calmly pushing her little boy in a buggy and with her daughter at her side, Navjeet Sidhu has just 17 minutes to live.

The haunting CCTV image shows the 27-year-old mother strolling around a railway station before she gathered her children in her arms and jumped into the path of the 100mph Heathrow Express.

Detectives released the picture yesterday as they tried to uncover what lay behind the tragedy.

In another photograph taken only two weeks earlier, and also released yesterday, a smiling Mrs Sidhu poses with her children on a family outing to a seaside fair in Skegness.

The grainy CCTV image shows her at the entrance to Southall railway station in West London last Wednesday.

Her five-year-old daughter Simran, in a red sleeveless top, walks alongside. Her 23-month-old son, Aman Raj, is strapped into his buggy. The time is 1.03pm. Police believe the three jumped from platform one 17 minutes later at 1.20pm as the non-stop airport shuttle roared through.

Held her daughter's hand


Mrs Sidhu is thought to have clutched her daughter's hand while cradling her son in her other arm before jumping.

She and the little girl were killed instantly while Aman Raj died two hours later in hospital.

Witnesses have told detectives that Mrs Sidhu had been at the station for up to two hours before her death.

But CCTV cameras do not cover platform one where she jumped.

British Transport Police are investigating on behalf of the coroner to find out what led Mrs Sidhu to kill herself and her children.

Yesterday, as detectives appealed for witnesses to come forward, her husband Manjit spoke of his devastation at the family home in Southall.

"I am trying to cope with the tragic loss of my family whom I love so dearly," he said. "I miss them immensely and am in a lot of pain.

"I want to thank everyone who has shown their love and support at this dark moment of my life. To my darling wife and kids, all I can say is that I love you with all my heart and I know that one day we will be together forever."

The Sidhu family said in a statement: "Navjeet was a loving daughter, good mother and adoring wife. Simran and Aman were beautiful, happy children and will forever live on in our hearts."

Mrs Sidhu, who was born in Britain, was said to have become a "shadow of her former self" after her arranged marriage in India in 1998.

dailymail.co.uk

[GreatBriton]

This picture was taken a week before they died.

[canucker]

She seemed so calm right before, I wonder if she knew at that time or just decided the last second to jump..... Sad.