How This Long-Haul Trucker Is Fighting To Save His Peers From Suicide

Jan 06, 2017 at 11:42 AM CST
http://www.vocativ.com/388415/long-haul-trucker-fighting-depression-suicide/ The suicides shook Michael Suson to his core. The first occurred last June when a fellow co-worker with Steelman Transportation, a flatbed carrier based in Springfield, Missouri, used a gun to shoot himself at the company yard. Twelve days later, Suson lost a close friend, another long-haul driver, who hanged himself at home. For Suson, a tattooed and soft-spoken Oklahoman, the three men shared more than just a profession — years before Suson had also come close to taking his own life.

Jan 06, 2017 at 11:42 AM CST

http://www.vocativ.com/388415/long-haul-trucker-fighting-depression-suicide/

The suicides shook Michael Suson to his core.

The first occurred last June when a fellow co-worker with Steelman Transportation, a flatbed carrier based in Springfield, Missouri, used a gun to shoot himself at the company yard. Twelve days later, Suson lost a close friend, another long-haul driver, who hanged himself at home.

For Suson, a tattooed and soft-spoken Oklahoman, the three men shared more than just a profession — years before Suson had also come close to taking his own life.