An American woman travels to Switzerland, takes her own life in the Sarco suicide capsule – and in doing so shakes up the euthanasia debate.
September 29, 2024, 6:31 p.m
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A 64-year-old American woman took her own life in a forest in Switzerland using the Sarco suicide capsule. The machine allows for a quick and painless death by nitrogen. The incident has reignited the discussion about euthanasia and the Swiss justice system is investigating charges of assisted suicide. The organization The Last Resort, which offers the Sarco, is financed through donations and membership fees. Switzerland has no specific laws on euthanasia, which leads to controversial debates about self-determination and euthanasia practices.
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Dying idyllicly and in the middle of nature, here in a forest near Schaffhausen: This is how the death organization The Last Resort advertises its Sarco death capsule. © Handout/THE LAST RESORT/AFP
Attention, trigger warning! But the details are important in this case. If everything went according to plan, then the death of a 64-year-old American woman in a forest in Switzerland last Monday shortly after 4 p.m. happened as follows: The suicide capsule Sarco, a purple-white, UFO-like device, was attached to a Place “of exceptional beauty”. In this case next to a forest hut in Merishausen in the canton of Schaffhausen, not far from the German border. Those wishing to die should not end their lives in an anonymous death room, but outdoors. This should give them “the feeling that you are embarking on a journey to a new destination,” promises the euthanasia organization The Last Resort in its advertising film.
