Husband of the woman killed in a suicide attempt: “I must not give up on my children”

Gábor Bronz, the husband of the woman who was killed by a man committing suicide on 31 July in Budapest, talks about his family and the circumstances of the accident.

As we wrote in this article, a 41-year-old woman was crushed by a man committing suicide in Budapest’s district 11 on 31 July. The man jumped out of the window of his apartment on the 14th floor and fell on the woman who was taking her children to a nearby playground.

A few days after the tragedy, Gábor Bronz, husband of Erzsébet, gave an interview to Bors. They were a family of four: the couple lived a happy life with their two kids, Márton (3 years) and Boglárka (few months old). They also have a close relationship with the grandparents.

As Gábor described the accident, Erzsébet and the two children were already outside of the building, on their way to a playground, and he had promised to catch up with them a few minutes later. When he left the building, he immediately saw what had happened:

the man committing suicide fell 40 metres, which had the same effect on the woman as if she had got run over by a freight train running at 150 km/h.

Boglárka, the daughter who was in a stroller, only got minor injuries and was shortly released from the hospital under the supervision of her grandparents. According to Bors, she was still breastfed when the accident happened, but thanks to a generous mother, they will not have to start giving her formula milk.

For a couple of days after the accident, Gábor felt as if he was dead, too. He does not consider himself a religious person, but he even made a Biblical reference: