Ernesto Rodriguez, a 15-year Army veteran who served two tours in Iraq and two in Afghanistan, left his home in Clarksville, Tennessee, carrying a 60-pound rucksack topped with a 3-by-5-foot American flag. He wouldn’t return home until five months later, on April 19, 2017, after walking 2,200 miles across the United States from Tennessee to the California coast with the goal of bringing awareness to veteran suicide.
“I can name at least four friends that I’ve lost to suicide,” says Rodriguez, who himself attempted suicide twice after struggling with a divorce and PTSD.
“The second [attempt] was obviously a huge wake-up call,” he explains. “I knew I had to find a better path.”
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