This portrait of paralysed construction worker Noel Martin I shot for the second time on May 1st. Just over 10 years ago, a neo-Nazi attack in Germany left him paralyzed from the neck down. We first met about 7 years ago when his spirits were higher, or there were still things left for him to do. However, our second encounter is likely to have been our last - this broken man has long waited for his wish of assisted suicide to be fulfilled, and it seems that on his birthday, July 23th 2007, it will become reality. On that evening, his pulse will gradually slow down until it stops completely. He has decided to die as a result of a lethal blend of drugs - administered in Switzerland by Dignitas, an organization that offers its clients medically assisted suicide.
I don't think taking his life is good idea at all. There are a few people who are in the same or worse situation as he his and they have used that to discover their purpose in life. I believe that everyone God created whether whole or disabled before or after birth. He should be using his situation to affect others and thinking of taking what he called his life, which in actual fact not his life, someone gave it to him.
ReplyDeleteI implore you Noel, please take time to reflect on this course of action and ask God to help you.
God Bless