26/03/2026
Whenever I doubt what we’re trying to achieve, I read heartbreaking stories like this and know we need to press on.
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT RELATING TO SU***DE.
Paramedic Rebecca McLellan tragically died by su***de in November 2023 at the age of only 24.
As part of the inquest into her death,her final note has been publicly released.
It tells of her despair and inability to see a way through her struggles.
It literally breaks our hearts to see any 999 worker, but even one so young coming to the conclusion that leaving life is the only way to end suffering.
It makes us more resolute to provide quick effective assistance to members of the 999 services who are facing such battles in the name of those who couldn’t find a way through.
Rebecca’s note read:
“People can survive pretty much everything as long as they can see an end in sight”
“Unfortunately for me, I cannot. All I can do is wait for the inevitable fall again.”
“I miss the person I used to be. Unfortunately, that girl is long gone. I’ve been running this race for a little too long and now my legs are tired.
“I know there are those out there who love me, and to those people I thank you from the bottom of my heart”
“I love you all tremendously”.
“Please know that I tried”
“I really did.”
This is the unseen reality of the emergency services
We hope that Rebecca is at peace.
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