What a terrible tragedy. Sydney did not feel safe at college and suffered from surviovor’s guilt.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parkland-shooting-survivor-sydney-aiello-takes-her-own-life/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=65145422
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Goodness. 
My heart goes out to her friends and family. The unimaginable, indeed.
Breaks my heart.
This is so sad ?
So so sad. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and her friends.
Many people in our society have been so hard on these Parkland kids, it’s disgusting. I imagine many of these kids have PTSD and survivor’s guilt-the last thing they need are horrible people hassling them. I wonder if this young lady was further traumatized by outside influences. I hope not. This is really really tragic and makes me so sad for all those kids and families.
There aren’t enough words to describe how sad and heartbreaking this news is.
This brought me to tears. Poor girl, poor family.
I worry how many more will follow
Another victim of the shots fired in 2018.
Yes this is a shame. Someone so young escpecially. How I wish her friends or family could have recognized her mental illness, or perhaps the severity of it. Maybe with such recognition, a more effective plan for her might have made all the difference.
The people harassing these young people have blood on their hands and should be prosecuted as such.
Those who spread vitriol and conspiracy theories should be prosecuted.
This isn’t a freedom of speech issue. This is a life or death issue.
@younghoss I don’t know about this young woman, but it’s not uncommon for a young person to appear completely normal, and then in a moment of overwhelming pain, to do the unthinkable. It really is possible that her family and friends did support her as much as possible, but did not even know the depth of her suffering.
Decades ago, during a very dark chapter of my life, I went to work and did my job well every day, smiled and laughed with people, and even went to the occasional bar with friends on a Friday evening, all while formulating a detailed suicide plan in my mind. What I couldn’t do was sleep, so I went to the doctor for sleeping pills, and fortunately, she realized that something else was going on and got me appropriate psychiatric care.
I am all in favor of any educational program that helps people recognize signs of suicide, and for reporting any alarming behavior, but I also recognize that sometimes those things just don’t work, and people take their own lives anyway.
That is just heartbreaking. ?
Another student at the school died by suicide last night.
^^^^OH NO. This is just completely horrific.
How many kids must die before the government does something? The article asks. I presume they meant Federal gov’t, though it didn’t say. What has Mr. Hogg done for his mentally ill schoolmates, beyond call for “the government” to help? How about family? Friends? The local school system? The local school board? The county? The state? SO many people have/had an opportunity to be helpful with mentally ill youth before we get to a beaurcrat in D.C. Why can’t/won’t those nearest the mentally ill youth see signs and take actions? Why must some stranger in D.C. be responsible for our mentally ill children, and mentally ill adults here, in each of our communities?
Massmomm reminds us (post 14) mental illness can be hard to recognize. Should we believe it is easier for some stranger in D.C. to recognize it, than those around him/her?