Ascension Parish high schools screen 'My Ascension' suicide prevention documentary
All four public high schools in Ascension Parish will hold viewings of the My Ascension suicide prevention documentary.
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All four public high schools in Ascension Parish will hold viewings of the My Ascension suicide prevention documentary.
Emma Benoit was just 16 years old when she survived a suicide attempt. Now, she's making it her mission to prevent suicides across the country.
National Film Debut of ‘My Ascension’ and Panel Discussion Special to Devils Lake Journal BISMARCK - On June 7, 2017, Emma Benoit, a 16-year-old high school cheerleader, while home alone called her mom at work hoping she could be calmed down from a panic attack. Benoit’s anxiety and depression that she had been hiding from her parents became too much. When her mom had to take a work call and put her daughter on hold, Benoit decided the time had come to end her life by shooting herself in the chest. “I knew what had happened — I felt the pain, I tasted the gunpowder and felt the...