THE grieving dad of a bullied teen found dead in his school toilet said "he wanted everyone to love him". Byron John told of his pain over son Bradley's death on This Morning, saying: "It's the most horrible, horrible thing." He told hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that Bradley would often go to the cubicles of St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School if he was upset and call him. But instead the 14-year-old's sister, who knew where he would be when he didn't turn up for lessons on September 14, tragically found him dead. Heartbroken Byron said: "I had a text message from his sister saying that Bradley hadn't turned up for one of his subjects and that was it. "I immediately thought that's strange, he wasn't one for bunking off lessons, if he had a problem he would take himself to the toilet cubicles and he'd ring me. "I tried phoning him. He'd been missing for an hour and ten minutes when he got found, Danielle knew exactly where he would be. "I had a call from the … [Read more...] about Dad’s pain after ‘bullied’ son Bradley John, 13, was found hanged in loo
Mental Health
A Year After Hurricane Maria, School Closures Make Trauma Worse For Puerto Rico’s Children
HEALTH 09/19/2018 05:45 am ET The storm took away homes and loved ones. Now, kids dealing with anxiety and depression are losing familiar classrooms. By Carolina Moreno CAIMITO, SAN JUAN ― When asked what she remembered about Hurricane Maria, 10-year-old Yermiletsy Quiñonez Rosado immediately began to imitate the high-pitch whistle of the storm’s 155 mph winds. “We thought the wind was going take the house. We were very scared,” she told HuffPost in late July, her eyes focused on a toy she was restlessly turning in her hands. But it wasn’t memories of the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico last September or her family’s nearly four months without power or water afterward that made Yermiletsy anxious just weeks before the start of the new school year. It was knowing she would soon begin fifth grade at a new school, Escuela Inés María Mendoza. “I don’t know anyone at the school I will be going to and that bothers … [Read more...] about A Year After Hurricane Maria, School Closures Make Trauma Worse For Puerto Rico’s Children
Devastated family of man who killed himself on notorious Paltalk chatroom slam boss of the site ‘who has seen his fortune DOUBLE’
THE millionaire boss of a notorious chat room where three Brits have live-streamed their own deaths has been branded "shameful" by grieving family members. Kevin Whitrick, Gregory Tomkins and Leon Jenkins all tragically ended their lives in an 'Insult Room', where users taunt and abuse each, other on Paltalk chat forum owned by former lawyer Jason Katz, 55. The site which hosts these sick chatrooms has doubled in value in one year, massively increasing Katz's wealth who owns shares worth £15.3 million. Now the sister of Kevin Whitrick, who live-streamed his suicide on Paltalk in 2007, has slammed the American owner and called on him to introduce proper safeguards. Devastated Sam Tucker said: "Shame on you that three British men have killed themselves whilst being a member on your website and you have taken no steps to ensure that each time it never happens again." Kevin, 42, hung himself after being goaded by trolls on the site, who told him to “get on with … [Read more...] about Devastated family of man who killed himself on notorious Paltalk chatroom slam boss of the site ‘who has seen his fortune DOUBLE’
‘I pulled a dead young mum from the Thames’: RNLI hero says number of suicides has soared to half of call-outs
THE DREAD lifeboat man Jason Carroll felt when alerted to an empty car on a bridge with two child seats still brings him out in a cold sweat. He and his crew at the Gravesend RNLI station had to battle with the devastating reality there could be three casualties in the water. Jason says: “The security patrol approached the car, looked inside and found two baby seats in the back. “The first thoughts of the police and the coastguard were that a mother had taken her children into the water with her. Hearing that while travelling to the incident puts maximum stress on the crew.” The crew sped over the water to where they believed the casualties would be. When they reached the scene, a young mum was pulled from the water - the air pockets in her jacket had kept her afloat but she could not be saved. Jason carried her limp body in his arms. The crew have 15 minutes to get to someone drowning in the water to try to save their life "We were later told she had … [Read more...] about ‘I pulled a dead young mum from the Thames’: RNLI hero says number of suicides has soared to half of call-outs
White Supremacy Is Deadly For Everyone
OPINION 09/14/2018 06:00 am ET Jessie DanielsColumnist Suicide is never far from my mind. In 1983, when I was 21 and she was 48, my mother killed herself. It will always be the moment that divides my life into before and after. Since then, I have been consumed by a desire to understand the phenomenon of death turned toward the self. I will read any news story that comes across my awareness that involves suicide, whether it’s about someone well known, like Kate Spade, or a local story about someone I’ve never heard of. And, although I am interested in the psychological detritus that convinces an individual to take their own life, it is the broad patterns of suicide that fascinate and trouble me most, especially as they intersect with race and gender. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, suicide rates in the U.S. increased by 40 percent between 1999 and 2016. In 2016, there were more than twice as many suicides as … [Read more...] about White Supremacy Is Deadly For Everyone