College Life - and Death: ; Suicide Threats: When to Call Home?
Charleston Gazette › December 28, 2011
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The email that arrived at Virginia Tech's health center in November 2007 was detailed and unmistakably ominous. It concerned a Tech senior named Daniel Kim and came from an acquaintance at another college.
"Daniel has been acting very suicidal recently, purchasing a $200 pistol, and claiming he'll go through with it," the email read, adding details of a reported previous suicide attempt with pills. "This is not a joke."See the full content of this document
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College Life - and Death: ; Suicide Threats: When to Call Home?
By the time Virginia Tech told Daniel's father, William, about that email, it was too late.
A few weeks after it was sent to the school, he spoke with his son for the last time, Daniel indicating all was well and after final exams he'd be home for the holidays.A few days after that, parked in his car outside a Target store near campus, Daniel fatally shot himself...See the full content of this document
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