A few days ago, there was this big fuss in India: a man died, and they burnt his body according to the ancient rites. No big deal, but there was someone else with him on the pyre: his wife. And no, she wasn't dead. She decided to follow her husband to "eternity". Indian police forces tried to stop the ritual, but were held back by the masses. A horrible death, indeed. But what amazed me most about that story is that the woman wasn't tied or anything. She was just laying there, undergoing horrible pains. She chose that over a life without her beloved one...
Her own choice... And she must have been determined, otherwise she couldn't have gone through that horrible pain. And her family? They were all very proud of her...

And anyone remember Jan Palach?

The Japanese Kamikaze-pilots?
The WTC-suicides?

Just saying that not only depressed people commit suicide... and that generally, if they choose such a horrible way to commit suicide as jumping in a crocodile pit, they must be very determined... be it a personal feeling, or the only way to make a statement, or a cultural thing, or because they've been brainwashed...

People committing suicide cowards? Allow me to disagree with that statement...

And about the drowning... I know people who get a kick out of holding their breath a little too long... supposed to make you feel, indeed, peaceful...