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PTSD drove Canadian medic to brink of suicide

His story is similar to a medic who recently took his own life; research seeks to track and raise awareness of responder suicides

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ALBERTA, Canada — On a blue-skied summer afternoon, Charles Neher awoke and got ready to die.

He was 34 years old. His birthday was 10 days away. His wife of eight years had asked for a divorce a couple of weeks earlier. He would soon be a part-time dad to his five-year-old. Now, with the August breeze outside his window, he swung his feet over the edge of the bed and took the first few steps of his plan to kill himself.

He would start by putting on his Emergency Medical Technician uniform.

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