A heartbreaking conclusion to the incident in Ilioupoli, Athens, where two teenage girls fell from the roof of a six-storey apartment building: the second 17-year-old has died. The KAT Hospital announced her passing with a brief, sombre statement: “Today, 14/05/2026 at 19:54, the 17-year-old student lost her life after being admitted to our Intensive Care Unit on 12/05/2026. The KAT Hospital extends its sincere condolences to her family.”
The teenager had been in critical condition since the fall — suffering severe head and brain injuries, multiple fractures, including one to the pelvic bone. The incident occurred at midday on Tuesday, 12 May 2026. The two girls, both 17, had obtained the roof access keys from the apartment building where one of them lived and climbed up together. Authorities confirmed they had made a deliberate decision to jump.
On the rooftop, one of the girls left behind her schoolbag, containing a handwritten note addressed to her parents. Its contents offer a devastating glimpse into her emotional state — a raw, anguished expression of depression and overwhelming fear ahead of the national Panhellenic Examinations. In it, she wrote: “Mum and Dad, I’ve been depressed for three years now. This world may have its beauties, but perhaps another world is better. This year I’ll sit the Panhellenic Exams — but I’m terrified I won’t do well. I know I won’t. And so I’ll end up in a job that won’t pay me. Nothing in life brings me joy anymore. I can’t see anything positive. Mum and Dad — I don’t want to live anymore. This world is no longer for me.”
Her teacher, speaking under deep shock, described both students as exceptional young women — admired by peers and staff alike. “Two wonderful beings, top-performing students loved by everyone in school. Brilliant, kind, and utterly unremarkable in their distress — nothing foreshadowed this tragedy,” he said. He added that the school has activated all emergency protocols: coordinating with local authorities, the Ministry of Education, and secondary education services. “We’re not only asking what we must do — but also what we must stop doing. This is about managing the incident, yes — but above all, managing the profound grief now enveloping our school community.”