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Coping, healing after suicide McHENRY – Many of the stories told Saturday by those grieving the loss of a loved one who committed suicide began the same way. “We had no idea.” “None of us saw it coming.” “He was the life of the party.” “He never let on that he was struggling.” On Saturday, an Out of the Darkness Walk took place in McHenry. The event raised funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for prevention, research and education. It’s part memory walk, part awareness, part fundraiser, but for those who lost someone to suicide, it’s all healing. The event is coordinated by Patti Hartmann, who lost her son, William, to suicide two weeks before his 16th birthday. William’s therapist, Dr. Steven Johnson, addressed a crowd that included 225 walkers who raised an estimated $22,000. “By being here, I think what we do is support one another by our very presence,” Johnson said. “By talking about it, we start to chip at one of the biggest barriers in mental health treatment – the stigma that goes with it.” Not lost in the discussion Saturday was the suicide deaths of two Crystal Lake teenagers earlier this year. A Crystal Lake
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Sara Tonyan rests in the arms of Nick Hamaker, both 16 and from McHenry, as they listen to speakers Saturday talk about the effects of suicide before the sixth annual Out if the Darkness McHenry County Campus Walk to bring suicide awareness to McHenry West High School in McHenry. The walk raised awareness for depression and other mental illnesses that are often contributing factors in suicides.
As a campaign encouraging childhood independence has recently highlighted how parenting style can intersect with legal thresholds of neglect, McHenry County police and legal experts offered their own insight on the movement and aspects related to it. The free-range kids movement was founded by New York City resident Lenore Skenazy. In 2008, Skenazy was widely criticized and dubbed “America’s Worst Mom” after blogging about letting her then-9-year-old son ride the subway solo. Since then, she has become a voice against a culture of fear and criminalizing “normal” parents in cases of alleged neglect. At issue are the perceptions of how safe it really is in a hyper-informational world, Skenazy said, adding her thought is that reports of the horrors in society are what stick in parents’ minds, even if those reports are exceptional. “It’s a way of looking at the world and seeing if we really have to be afraid all the time,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in a suburb or the countryside or America’s largest city – there’s still
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Nepal reeling after deadly earthquake Thousands camp outside as aftershocks continue; aid starts flowing The ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU, Nepal – Tens of thousands of Nepalese who spent the night under a chilly sky were jolted awake by strong aftershocks Sunday, and rescuers aided by international teams cleared rubble in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,865 people across the Himalayan region. Nepal bore the brunt of the quake’s impact with at least 1,805 dead and more than 5,000 injured. The toll is expected to climb as more reports come
in from far-flung areas, said Home Ministry official Laxmi Dhakal. Among the dead are 17 who were struck by a quake-triggered avalanche on Mount Everest that buried part of the base camp packed with foreign climbers at the end of the climbing season. Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which originated outside the capital Kathmandu, was the worst to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years. It destroyed the old, historic part of Kathmandu, and was strong enough to be felt all across the northern
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part of neighboring India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan, where a total of 60 people died. “There were at least three big quakes at night and early morning. How can we feel safe? This is never-ending and everyone is scared and worried,” said Sundar Sah. “I hardly got much sleep. I was waking up every few hours and glad that I was alive.” When the earth first shook, residents fled homes and buildings in panic. Walls tumbled, trees swayed, power lines came crashing down
and large cracks opened up on streets and walls. After the chaos of Saturday – when little organized rescue and relief was seen – there was relatively more order on Sunday as rescue teams fanned out across the city. At one place, police rescuers were trying to extricate a man lying under a dead person, crushed by a pile of concrete slabs and iron beams. His family members stood nearby, crying and praying. Police said the man’s
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