posted September 30, 2010 03:59 PM         

When Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi jumped to his death last week from the George Washington Bridge, he may have been reacting to a constellation of factors related to sexuality, public bullying and humiliation that put adolescents and young adults at a particularly high risk for suicide, mental health experts said.

Clementi, a shy, quiet 18-year-old and talented violinist who grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., is believed to have been caught on camera during an intimate encounter with a young man in his dorm room. His roommate, 18-year-old Dharun Ravi, allegedly streamed video of the two on the Internet and announced his alleged surreptitious behavior on the social networking site Twitter.

Three days later, Clementi posted a short farewell message on his Facebook page: "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." His family subsequently confirmed the suicide.

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I am so upset, What kind of people do this? Why would they do this? I totally don't get it. This is heartbreaking.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-an d-prevention/index.shtml

Jwhop

posted September 30, 2010 06:55 PM         

Such an awful thing for his family.

Tyler
RIP

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