The reputation of entertain giant, Disney, just continues to worsen overtime. And now, another tragic incident has cast a dark shadow on the company.
The popular amusement park, Disneyland, known for its joy and happiness has a much darker side. On Wednesday night, November 15, there was an incident that put a damper on the fun and excitement.
For the third time in the past year, tragedy struck when a 24-year-old man identified as Jonah Alexander Edwards jumped to his death from a Pixar Pals Parking Garage located at the theme park.
Anaheim Police responded to investigate the scene and it was concluded that this was indeed another suicide. It is heartbreaking to know that such an iconic place can be marred with so much sadness and grief.
Third suicide in less than a year at Disneyland parking garages https://t.co/PHUbjmGE3T
— O.C. Register (@ocregister) November 16, 2023
Statistics show that suicide rates have been increasing across America over the past two decades according to data from Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In 2021 alone, 48,183 Americans died by suicide while 12.3 million adults gave serious thought to taking their own lives with 3.5 million making plans towards doing so and 1.7 million actually trying it out for themselves. According to CDC statistics, suicides are one of the leading causes of death among people aged 10-14 years old and 20-34 years old respectively.
Another person committed suicide by jumping from the Disneyland parking structure. @Disneyland should be held accountable for this and others. They can easily make those structures to where people cannot jump from them. This has been happening since 2010. What is taking so long?
— Broadcast Rick (@BrdcastMediaGuy) November 17, 2023
This incident marks six suicides since 2010 where three of them occurred within December 2022 alone which includes this most recent one in addition to two others at Mickey & Friends Parking Garage located in Disneyland itself according to Daily Mail UK reports.
The other three were scattered throughout different garages around Anaheim Park area but sadly all connected back to Disneyland itself one way or another making it a very concerning matter for many families who frequent this wonderful place of entertainment all over the world.
It is heartbreaking that such an iconic place can be marred by such tragic events as these numbers continue rising each year.
