A woman jumped from a bridge with her son in her arms: "Mom, do not throw yourself"

February 6, 2019

Shocking images can affect people's sensitivity. The authorities could not convince her not to throw herself.

Source: Ondas de Ibagué.

A tragic event occurred this week in the Colombian city of Ibague, when a A woman jumped from a bridge with her son in her arms.

Several rescuers tried to convince the woman not to throw, but despite the insistence of police and aid groups, she flung herself into the void. According to local media, while the child was in his mother's arms, he asked: "Mom, do not throw yourself in."

The victim would have been identified as Jessy Paola Moreno Cruz, 32, and apparently serious economic and pbadional problems led her to make the fatal decision. The youngest was 10 years old.

"This has to do with something monstrous happening not only in Ibagué, but in all of Colombia, drip," said the official mayor Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, Mayor of Ibagué. The people's voice

In addition, according to journalist Mauricio Vargas, belonging to the same media, they were both expelled from their homes in recent days and the woman "could not afford rent or anywhere to go". This is not the first case where they decide to commit suicide for similar reasons.

In the images that were published by Ondas de Ibagué, and who quickly began to spread via social networks, observes while rescuers act desperately to try to save the woman and the child.

However, at one point, everyone leans back, resigned and suffering deeply, and a woman's cry indicates that the victim ignored the help that she was bringing to him from the other side of the bridge.