The grieving family of the 27-year-old airport worker who was killed after being sucked into a plane engine at San Antonio International Airport revealed he had a challenging life.
David Renner reportedly took his own life by jumping into the engine of a Delta plane.
His brother, Joshua Renner, told Daily Mail that David’s childhood was ‘complicated at times with living in two separate households growing up just like all the other divorced kids.’
Joshua continued: “This isn’t the first time David has tried something like this from my knowledge. There were other times. This time I thought it was different.”
David’s death has been ruled su*cide by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
It was on Friday night when the plane arrived and Renner was sucked into the engine of an outgoing flight, leaving his co-workers horrified.
An autopsy found he died from blunt and sharp force injuries.
Joshua said that David had been happy in recent months and had given no indications of self-harm.
“The reason I say that is because he was almost five months clean and living every day to the fullest,” he said, adding “there was zero indication this time.”
“David had been clean for over eight months, was in therapy, (was) actively taking his prescribed medication and had finally became the David we all knew he could be.”
However, he revealed that in the past, his older brother had struggled with mental health.
Joshua said his family is “doing the best they can do right now.”
“David is one of many others that suffer with mental illness and it’s not always very clear to us to see,” he expressed.
The heartbroken brother is now urging others to reach out when they notice someone is struggling “because someone random can save a life to a random stranger.
“The simplest smile can always make a difference.”
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