SELAWIK — One of his daughters screamed. Then one of his sons.
Willie Ballot launched out of bed and into the bathroom. There he found his oldest girl, 17-year-old Dorcas, hanging from the shower curtain rod.
In a decent world, Kyle Hopkins and the Anchorage Daily News would win an award for this:
Then why isn’t Nunatsiaq News and News/north doing just that……..human interest stories on suicides. It is killing our young and eating us alive
We have, many times. Here’s a small sample:
A selfless life ends in depression, despair
GN mounts plan to help helpers prevent suicide
Jackson fights suicide with workshops, autographs
Shining a light on the heart of darkness
Naming the lost ones
Inuit speak through stories in Health Canada study
Nunavik to hold own suicide conference this fall
Finding balance within the scales of justice