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Shortland Street - Tiffany falls from a building

Television (Excerpts) – 1998

In July 1998 Shortland Street added a tragically memorable entry to its catalogue of births, deaths and marriages. Pregnant nurse and fan favourite Tiffany (Alison James) is out shopping, when she sees suicidal patient Tim (Kelson Henderson) heading for the roof of a high rise. She races up the stairs and successfully talks him down, but then she falls. Knowing she is badly injured and brain-dead, her husband Johnny Marinovich (Stelios Yiakmis) has to make the difficult choice between letting her go, or keeping her on life support until their baby is born. 

You know what stopped me from ever doing anything silly? I can't bear the thought of ever missing out.
– Tiffany (Alison James) to Tim (Kelson Henderson), on the rooftop