Sisters Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier, who died of assisted suicide in Switzerland, were healthy and happy before her death, her brother says.
Cal Ammouri, 60, said The Independent he last spoke to his sisters a few weeks before they left for Switzerland on February 3, and there was no indication that they were going to end their lives.
He said he was being held in the dark by US consular services over the cause of death.
“No one else really knows the specifics,” he said The Independent.
Lila Ammouri, 54, a palliative care physician, and Mrs. Frazier, 49, a registered nurse, flew from Arizona to Switzerland via February 3 via Chicago without telling friends or family.
When they did not show up for work at Aetna Health Insurance on February 15, colleagues raised the alarm, fearing they would be abducted or taken hostage.
Her death was confirmed by the US Consulate in Switzerland on 18 February.
This was stated by the spokesman for the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Basel province Michael Lutz The Independent the sisters had died with the help of an assisted suicide organization.
Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier made a trip to Switzerland, where they died
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Mr. Ammouri, who lives in New York City, said he would still come to terms with the loss of his two sisters, who were his only living family.
“I will never get over that,” he said. I’m still called, I’m all alone now. I’m an only child now. “
He said his sisters were admired by everyone who met them.
“They were really special. They never hurt anyone. They always helped everyone. They would go out of their way to help people, which is rare.
“Unfortunately, it’s a tragedy, to be honest.”
Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland “under certain conditions”, authorities said.
“In the specific case, investigations on the spot by the authorities revealed that the assisted suicide took place within the legal framework, so the Basel landscape prosecutor did not open a criminal investigation,” Mr Lutz said. The Independent.
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