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Posted By Ciera-Marie 3 months, 1 week ago in News
The death of Kim Ruocco's husband led her to try to put a stop to others.
By Josh Allen | Contributor
from the September 28, 2009 edition
NEWBURY, MASS. - When John Ruocco, a Marine Corps major, committed suicide after a deployment in Iraq, his wife, Kim, didn't hide from the issue.
Instead, she read about it: books by mothers who had lost children to suicide, by people who had spent their careers studying suicide – anything to help her understand the terrible event that had so irrevocably altered her family. She searched her memory of their 23 years as sweethearts and spouses, trying to figure out how the unthinkable had become possible.
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Ciera-Marie3 months, 1 week ago
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This is a herorine who is really honoring the memory of her husband and other Marines (of both sexes.).
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Here is the link to her NON PROFIT T.A.P.S.
http://www.taps.org/
She is doing something the Marines can't/won't do right now. -
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fsev413 months, 1 week ago
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Suicide has also been shown to be a problem with Army recruiters who are under immense pressure to meet their recruitment goals in a time when enlistment has become less attractive. These are the sad numbers that don't get counted in the body count of our ongoing "wars".
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