September is national suicide prevention month, when nonprofits and government agencies push efforts to keep people from killing themselves. And the statistics show that the people most at-risk are veterans, who are twice as likely to die by suicide than people who’ve never served in the military.
As WFPL’s Lisa Gillespie reports, one nonprofit is working to decrease veterans’ suicides in Kentucky. And a note, this story includes some details that may be disturbing to listeners.
