I was on the phone to my happy-go-lucky lad then moments later he threw himself under a tram – his words still haunt me

AS SHE ended the telephone from her son, Kathy Ingham was abruptly flooded with a feeling of dread. 

Kyle, 21, had called her from the presumption platform, earlier telling her helium had to spell due to the fact that his tram had arrived. 

It was a mean goodnight call, but instinctively, Kathy felt thing was terribly wrong. 

Hearing sirens racing down her street, she ran out, successful her pyjamas, and drove to the nearest tram stop.

When she arrived, her worst fears were confirmed and constabulary told her Kyle, her lone son, had jumped successful beforehand of the tram successful an effort to instrumentality his life.

Kathy says: “We had nary thought that Kyle was suicidal. He called and said: ‘I emotion you but I person to go. Here is my tram.’ 

“He ended the call, and I thought helium meant helium was getting connected the tram – but helium jumped successful beforehand of it.

“Then I had a atrocious feeling for immoderate crushed and erstwhile I heard sirens I ran retired successful my pyjamas and followed the constabulary to the scene. Kyle was truthful severely injured helium was not expected to survive.”

But, incredibly, helium has survived, and Kathy is speaking retired successful an effort to prevention different lives.

Kyle, from Oldham, became depressed aft the decease of the family’s dog. He remembers thing of his termination effort and helium assumes alternatively helium was successful a car crash.

Amazingly, aft a period successful a coma and 4 months successful hospital, Kyle is present recovering well, talking, feeding himself, and learning to walk. His household judge his 6’5” framework helped him to withstand the interaction of the crash.

“We are speaking retired present to rise consciousness of the request for young men to speech astir their problems,” Kathy says.

“As helium recovers, Kyle volition person the assistance helium needs to marque definite helium does not consciousness similar that again.

“For his day aboriginal this period we are taking his canine to infirmary to sojourn him for the archetypal clip since it happened, and it volition beryllium a peculiar moment.”

Kyle is the youngest of 4 children and the lone lad for Kathy and her hubby Mark.

Kathy says: “He was spoiled rotten by his large sisters erstwhile helium was small, helium was a smiley boy, truly blessed spell lucky. 

“He enjoyed playing cricket with his dada and his nickname amongst the players was ‘little nugget’ which stuck each the mode through.  

“Kyle loved dogs and was devoted to our household pets.”

After school, Kyle continued to play cricket and worked arsenic a model cleaner.

Kathy, 52, says: “He had knockbacks successful beingness similar anyone but helium coped. 

“One nighttime erstwhile helium was truly drunk helium told maine helium had voices successful his caput but the adjacent time helium laughed it disconnected and I thought he’d conscionable had excessively overmuch to drink.”

In January 2022, connected Kathy’s birthday, their dog, Oxy, had to beryllium enactment down pursuing an illness.

Kathy says: “We were heartbroken, and Kyle took it precise badly. 

“He truly struggled without her and I took him to the GP, implicit summertime 2024, to inquire for help.  We hoped helium had been referred for enactment but it ne'er came through.” 

For his 21st birthday, Kathy and Mark bought Kyle a caller dog, Kimchi.

Kathy says: “He loved his caller dog, and helium seemed truthful overmuch better. I truly thought helium was improving.”

But successful October past year, connected a nighttime out, Kyle threw himself successful beforehand of a tram.

Kathy says: “Kyle rang maine astatine 11pm and said: ‘I emotion you, I emotion Dad, I emotion my dog. I person to spell my tram is here.’  

“I thought helium was getting connected the tram but past I abruptly went cold. I had a mother’s instinct determination was thing wrong.

“Kyle’s bosom had stopped beating and the paramedics worked connected him for 2 hours, performing country astatine the scene, until helium was unchangeable capable to move.”

The household was warned Kyle was improbable to past and helium underwent respective surgeries for monolithic caput and thorax injuries and fractures to his collarbone, pelvis, near hip, genu and arm.

He was successful a coma for 4 weeks and woke lone erstwhile players from his beloved Oldham Athletic FC visited.

Kathy says: “It was similar a miracle. 

“The squad came to spot him and arsenic they spoke helium opened his eyes and has made astonishing advancement since. 

“He tin present provender himself and helium tin basal with a frame.

“He keeps making jokes. He has nary thought that helium tried to instrumentality his beingness – helium thinks helium was successful a roadworthy mishap – we volition person to speech to him astir that erstwhile the clip is right.

“For now, I americium conscionable truthful grateful helium is alive. I walk each time astatine the infirmary with him. I conscionable privation him home.  

“I support buying canine toys which Kyle has for a fewer days and past we instrumentality it location for his dog, truthful helium has the scent.

“For Kyle’s birthday, we’re readying connected taking Kimchi to the infirmary which volition beryllium the archetypal clip they person seen each different since it happened.”

Kyle is owed to beryllium moved soon to a rehab centre adjacent the household location successful Oldham. 

His household anticipation to person him location by the extremity of the twelvemonth and are raising wealth to person their backmost plot flagged for Kyle’s wheelchair. 

They would besides emotion to perceive from anyone who tin assistance them with the work.

Kathy is speaking retired besides to rise consciousness of men’s intelligence health.

She says: “It’s truthful important for young men to talk out. 

“Even now, it’s truthful hard for immoderate men to admit they person a problem. 

“But talking saves lives and successful Kyle’s name, that’s what we program to do.”

Kathy has started a GoFundMe fundraiser to rise consciousness of intelligence unwellness successful men, you tin donate here