Left behind: Family struggles to survive after veteran father's suicide
WARNING: This story contains a recounting of a suicide, viewer and reader discretion is advised.
Veteran suicides are a national tragedy. According to the CDC data from 2024, 18 vets commit suicide each day, but what happens to the families left behind is a second tragedy.
It is easy to look at a veteran suicide as a single event. A tragic decision to end your own life.
But that’s not the whole story. There is an aftermath, a fallout, a separate tragic event for the family left behind, like the Lessmans.
Read their full story: https://bit.ly/4aqj8js
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