Braidwood Inquiry

Read the final report of the Braidwood Inquiry, released today, by clicking on the following link:

WHY?
The Robert Dziekanski Tragedy
BRAIDWOOD COMMISSION
ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT DZIEKANSKI
May 20, 2010

The report`s concluding comment:

Concluding comment
This part of the report has been, of necessity, a detailed forensic examination of the medical conditions and/or mechanisms that most likely caused Mr. Dziekanski’s untimely and unnecessary death. While ascertaining the medical cause of Mr. Dziekanski’s death may satisfy the intellect, there is a human dimension to this story that ought not to be ignored.

It is a story of high hopes, new beginnings, dashed dreams, and tragic loss. What did Mr. Dziekanski think and feel during the last minutes of his life? His last recorded words, “Have you lost your minds?” or “Have you gone insane? Why?” spoken as
Cst. Millington was deploying what looked like a pistol against him, convey a sense of incredulity, fear, and panic at the prospect of being shot.

When the details of Mr. Dziekanski’s last minutes first came to light, many people asked, “Why did this have to happen?” Although we now know much more about what happened and about the medical mechanism leading to his death, that haunting pivotal question still remains, “Why?”