On 13 April, Sarah Niyimbona's family lost their 'shining light'. The 12-year-old middle school student, remembered as kind and vocal by those who knew her, died after jumping from the fourth floor of a parking garage at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital in Spokane, Washington.
According to The Spokesman-Review, Sarah had been brought to the emergency department multiple times in 2024 for suicide attempts. On that fatal night, she somehow left her hospital room undetected and made her way to the parking structure—a journey that should have been impossible for a high-risk patient.
