Remorse of paralysed 'tombstoner'

Maid Marian · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:56 am Post subject: Remorse of paralysed 'tombstoner'

It was a split-second act that changed Sonny Wells' life.

And now, the 20-year-old former soldier faces a bleak future after breaking his neck and becoming paralysed after leaping from a seaside pier into shallow water.

Mr Wells, from Waterlooville, Hants, spoke to the BBC to warn others not to follow him into a wheelchair through a practice known as "tombstoning".

Although remorseful, he says that saying "sorry" will not make up for the anguish he has put his family through.

Speaking from his hospital bed, he admitted it was a "stupid" act but has vowed not to dwell on his actions.

"Looking back I feel stupid for doing it. But at the end of the day you cannot keep looking back," he said.

"What's done is done and you never are going to be able to go back to that day and take yourself out of the water and put yourself back on the pier."

Full report - BBC

Kellie · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Oh thats awful

MrsBelch · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:21 am Post subject:

Too sad

tellconer · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:

you ort to go and see the same thing at bridlington, daft fools jump from the harbour walls as the tde comes in, one day somthing similar or worse is going to happen, when the police stop them they get ever so shirty and the old bill is only looking out for their welfare, but some fools are fools to themselves.