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The day that the oil entered the gulf my phone quit ringing. >> reporter: the mental stress took its toll. a month after this interview on his boat the rookie cruz committed suicide. at the st. bernard project just outside new orleans the wait for people seeking mental health services has stretched from three to four weeks to more than seven weeks since the oil spill. >> what they're telling our clinicians is they're afraid of the future. the water and the culture, the water isn't just the way to earn an income but a way of life down here, a way families spend time and have done so for generat...

Now, no one may ever know why he committed suicide. some friends say they saw a changed man after the spill. david mattingly reports. >> reporter: people who knew him say allen kruse lived to fish. those closest to him say life unraveled when the oil spill hit the gulf waters where he worked. he thought it was dead? >> yep. >> he said that to you? >> yep. >> and that there was no hope that the fishing was ever going to come back? >> not in his lifetime. >> reporter: among charter boat captains in alabama, kruse was a leader, drumming up business in good times and voicing the frustrations of a ...

Now, no one may ever know why he committed suicide. some friends say they saw a changed man after the spill. david mattingly reports. >> reporter: people who knew him say allen kruse lived to fish. those closest to him say life unraveled when the oil spill hit the gulf waters where he worked. he thought it was dead? >> yep. >> he said that to you? >> yep. >> and that there was no hope that the fishing was ever going to come back? >> not in his lifetime. >> reporter: among charter boat captains in alabama, kruse was a leader, drumming up business in good times and voicing the frustrations of a ...

Spill hit the gulf water where is he worked. >> he thought it was dead. >> he said that to you? >> yep. >> and there was no hope the fishing would ever come back. >> not in his lifetime. >> among charter boat captains in orange beach, california, cruise was a leader. >> if fishing will be good all summer. >> and voicing the frustrations of a community in the bad times. >> the day that the oil entered the gulf, my phone quit ringing. >> just a month after that interview, cruise was found on his boat dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. for 14 days he had worked for bp, hauling boom and looki...

Time. >> fishing will be good all summer. >> reporter: voice iing frustrations of the community in the bad times. >> today that the oil entered the gulf, my phone quit ringing. >> reporter: just a month after that interview, kruse was found on his boat dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. for 14 days he worked for bp, hauling boom, looking for oil. he felt his role in the cleanup as a bp vessel of opportunity was worthless. >> that's what he told you? >> yes. >> reporter: that he felt like he was being put out there just for show? >> that's what he told his wife. didn't tell me that. he tol...