Every day lots of accidents happen all
over the world and as a result many people die or are injured very badly. One
such person was Frenchman, Vincent Humbert, who was involved in a terrible
accident and lost the ability to see, talk and move.
Vincent Humbert, who was 22 years old,
died two days after his mother put an overdose in his drip. He was mute blind
and paralyzed. He was just able to hear and think. He had lived in this
situation for three years and knew he would never recover. He and his family
suffered a lot of pain. It was impossible to communicate with other people for
a man who could only use his thumb but he wrote a letter to President Chirac.
In his letter, he explained his situation and asked him for the right to die
but naturally, Chirac couldn’t accept his request. Before he died, his mother
announced her plans to the media. After three long years, Vincent Humbert
finally died peacefully.
Of course this situation was easy
neither for Vincent or his mother. He must have been sorry about his
mother and his friends. He must have thought that there was no way out except
for death. Can you imagine not being able to see, talk or move despite being
able to hear and think? Maybe he finally became tired of his pitiful life. On
the other hand, it is very hard for a mother to kill her own son. She had to
make a really hard decision and she finally decided to stop her son’s pain.
In France, more than 80% of the people
think the law against voluntary euthanasia should be changed. In various
European countries, euthanasia is legal and maybe it will be legal in France
too. Whether it is legal or illegal, it is really hard to be in that kind of
situation and almost impossible to decide what the right course of action is.
EGE KAYA / INT; third week of November
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