Meet Jimmy Novak: The Walking Man. Jimmy Novak, a 42-year-old retired soldier, made a goal for himself to walk 22 miles a day starting from Washington on March 22 and ending in Orlando on Aug. 22. Why? The answer is simple: 22 veterans die by suicide every single day. Novak spent 21 years of his life defending our nation in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, and his … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Suicide Awareness
Recently, the Orlando International Airport experienced an unpredictable tragedy: 36-year-old Robert Henry, a TSA agent at MCO, jumped from a Hyatt Regency balcony overlooking the fountain and interior space of the airport’s signature atrium, where the entrance to the TSA checkpoint funnels, and fell to his death. Rep. Darren Soto noted in a tweet that Henry’s death … [Read more...]