Originally Posted by
choublak 
Well...
It's a shame he felt that there was absolutely no other option or way out.
"He" probably didn't. But his "disease"/ego probably told him there was no other option or way out. (Any Eckhart Tolle fans reading this will understand what I mean..."I can't live with myself anymore"--Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Now", talking about when he was suicidal).