I think I'm going to pop off with my own two cents on this.
First, she may have been an adult (late teens) but adulthood doesn't flip the Dumbass Moment switch from On to Off. If it did, we wouldn't have had these "lets laugh at home movies of people being dumbasses" shows since the early '90's. She may have been on a roof and going to jump off it, but in a moment of "maybe this ain't such a hot idea" she hesitated and that flash of lucidity is what cost her. Some would say that because she was in the process of a dumbass moment then she is undeserving of help but I can't exactly throw stones from my own glass house. I've done some really dumbass things and they seem to have only gotten more common as I grow older, though, granted, I've never tried to jump off a roof. I can't stick my nose up at this girl without taking a long hard look in the mirror. As for the comments of others being obligated to help her? No one is obligated; that's why it's a donation and not a tax. And the "entitled to help" comment? Really?
Second, she's employed but she's going to be flat on her back and out of work for 6 weeks. I've seen a lot of "it's only six weeks, she won't be out of work by the time she recovers!" being thrown about and I have to say; I'd love that kind of job security. I live in a Right-to-Work state and if I was laid out for six weeks then right after I'd have hung up with my boss they'd be on the phone with their boss figuring out of there's a way they can fire me without having to pay out unemployment. Often, calling and telling your boss you're going to be out for longer than it takes to get over the flu is the same as calling and saying "I quit."
Third, it has been pointed out (often) that the girl's mother set up a donation to help cover living expenses. So what? Do you think that just because the donations are going to go to living expenses that the medical bills that just appeared are going to go unpaid? There is only so much money to go around, so more needs to come in to take up the slack. And even if I didn't get fired from my shithole job after being hospitalized, I'd have, at most, three paid sick days. Per year. After that? I was on my own. So if you're trying to make it just paying for food, rent, gas, utilities and car insurance and then get slammed with medical bills for two shattered feet do you really think you'd be able to make it without asking for help? And because the cost of a broken foot can be anywhere for
$250 dollars to $13,600+ in the great old USA, and if we use my old jobs model of "four paid days per year and then fuck you" where do you think the money just to eat and keep a roof over your head is going to come from while you're out of work and unpaid for five and a half weeks and the rent is due? The average paid sick days is
11 days, that still leaves a fucklot of unpaid time off for her during which time she is still going to need to make ends meet. A dumbass moment shouldn't ruin a person's life.
These are just my opinions, take them or leave them.