webfact Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 British Man fall to his death at Pattaya Hilton HotelPATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Thursday, Police and medics were called to the Pattaya Hilton Hotel, situated above Central Festival Pattaya Beach, to investigate reports of a British Man who had fallen from a high floor onto a 2nd floor balcony.The dead man was identified as Mr. George Alexander Coogan Bright aged 24 from Swindon, UK. His body was taken to the Morgue at Banglamung Hospital as investigators documented the crime scene.The victim was decapitated and it is thought this occurred as he struck the 2nd Floor Balcony. Limited details were available from the scene and for now it is not clear if this was a suicide or if a third-party was involved in his death.Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/129882/british-man-fall-to-his-death-at-pattaya-hilton-hotel/-- Pattaya One 2014-05-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 ......The British Embassy in Bangkok have been informed and are providing consular assistance to the deceased man’s family at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chooka Posted May 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2014 Another tragic death. How many farangs dies this way every week in Thailand? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post manarak Posted May 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2014 low floor terraces that catch falling objects or bodies are really an important safety feature of Pattaya hotel and condo architecture. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeremyBowskill Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 Poor fella and family. Que the "it was the girlfriend/girlfriends brother" brigade!. Having owned a pub in England, of which the customers were mostly about this age, I don't find it difficult to believe at all. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post millwall_fan Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 condolences to his family and may he Rest in Peace. Thailand seems to be the hub of unexplained deaths of foreigners. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thai Travel Bug Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 Sadness and depression can hit you at any age. Suicide is a problem the world over, and the depression that leads to this point is not gender nor culturally specific. May this poor young lad now rest in peace, and find the peace that evaded him in this short life. Say a prayer and lift a glass and tell someone you love them. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Payboy Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 a suicide or if a third-party The 2nd party being.....? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Who concluded suicide, have you seen how drunk some people get in patts and treat people like dirt? Not saying he did treat people like dirt or was pissed enough to fall... R.I.P only a young lad. Edited May 30, 2014 by rhythmworx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post millwall_fan Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Sadness and depression can hit you at any age. Suicide is a problem the world over, and the depression that leads to this point is not gender nor culturally specific. May this poor young lad now rest in peace, and find the peace that evaded him in this short life. Say a prayer and lift a glass and tell someone you love them. Whilst that is, of course true, this young man had enough money to come on holiday in Thailand, he's not going to go short of female company. He's in Pattaya which is a tropical beach paradise compared with where he comes from (Swindon). Strange place to come to top yourself. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BKS22 Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 Brits having a rough week in Pattaya. I also saw another post of a British lad who was found dead in his Pattaya apartment. That whole city just gives me the creeps. Prayers to the deceased friends & family. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glegolo Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Sadness and depression can hit you at any age. Suicide is a problem the world over, and the depression that leads to this point is not gender nor culturally specific. May this poor young lad now rest in peace, and find the peace that evaded him in this short life. Say a prayer and lift a glass and tell someone you love them. Or maybe one thought good as another i.e. stop that bloody drinking you enghlish guys are doing....amongst others... Glegolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Another tragic death. How many farangs dies this way every week in Thailand? Apparently dozens of foreigners dies in Pattaya every year, in most case we even get to hear about it as the death ruled to be of natural causes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 for now it is not clear if this was a suicide or if a third-party was involved in his death. So it is made clear, it's suicide or murder, for sure no blame to the Thai constructor or hotel for having life threatening low balcony rails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 wow that is so sad , really too young to die .... 24yo ... RIP fellow and god may keep you close ...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeavyDrinker Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 I see the TV detective force is out in force. Booze, low balcony rails being blamed again. Soon the tin foil hat brigade will be out in force whispering about sinister Thais in the shadows. Show some respect (for yourselves, not just the departed) instead of making asinine guesses). .. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I see the TV detective force is out in force. Booze, low balcony rails being blamed again. Soon the tin foil hat brigade will be out in force whispering about sinister Thais in the shadows. Show some respect (for yourselves, not just the departed) instead of making asinine guesses). .. OK, move on, move on nothing to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geronimo Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 What is certain is that none of us know what happened, so ......let us not assume. A bereavement is hard to accept for the family, especially when it is at such a young age. Remember, members of his family could be reading this. RIP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EyesWideOpen Posted May 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Thailand has aspirations to be the hub of many things, but for sure it is the hub of tourists falling out of high buildings and dying. I would really like to see the numbers of deaths like that over the course of a year here, versus some other large tourist based city in the world. It is actually a regular feature of the news here, yet I cannot recall any other city I have lived in where people fall out of buildings in such high numbers. Could it be.......... 1. Depressed suicidal tourists love to come to Pattaya to die 2. Low railing design meant for Thais not farangs trips you over the edge 3. Excessive drinking and heights are not a good combo 4. Getting pitched out by a bunch of Thai men so assets can be seized Suggestion for tourists. Only stay on the first or second floor of a hotel. Edited May 30, 2014 by EyesWideOpen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Condolences to the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Don't forget.......the 2nd floor of the Hilton is in actual fact on an 8th floor level........Hilton is built on top of Central Festival Beach with the Hilton Carpark on the 6th floor (of Central) Anyway.........sad story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaSherminator Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Does anyone ever live to see another day after falling off a balcony? Edited May 30, 2014 by DaSherminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I see the TV detective force is out in force. Booze, low balcony rails being blamed again. Soon the tin foil hat brigade will be out in force whispering about sinister Thais in the shadows. Show some respect (for yourselves, not just the departed) instead of making asinine guesses). .. I agree.In a free society, people enjoy the right to say all they want, even if the speech is opaque to others. RIP Dear Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Condolences to the people he left behind. Edited May 30, 2014 by Rimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbonRatch Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thailand has aspirations to be the hub of many things, but for sure it is the hub of tourists falling out of high buildings and dying. I would really like to see the numbers of deaths like that over the course of a year here, versus some other large tourist based city in the world. It is actually a regular feature of the news here, yet I cannot recall any other city I have lived in where people fall out of buildings in such high numbers. Could it be.......... 1. Depressed suicidal tourists love to come to Pattaya to die 2. Low railing design meant for Thais not farangs trips you over the edge 3. Excessive drinking and heights are not a good combo 4. Getting pitched out by a bunch of Thai men so assets can be seized Suggestion for tourists. Only stay on the first or second floor of a hotel. It's a much bigger problem in Spain, especially and once again involving mainly Brits. (Yes, I'm a Brit).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Man...it is really depressing...to see these guys die this way...we NEVER here the outcome of an investigation...if there really is one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Boy Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 R.I.P. God bless his family & friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelplatoon Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Just plain sad at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanrchase Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 for now it is not clear if this was a suicide or if a third-party was involved in his death. So it is made clear, it's suicide or murder, for sure no blame to the Thai constructor or hotel for having life threatening low balcony rails. Agreed. I have stayed in a few hotels that you could easily trip on the lower door rail when gping onto the balcony and the balcony rail is so low you could easily go over.Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiready Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I find it hard to believe so many fall on accident....the excuse for the railing being low is also BS. May he rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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