Samaritans

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What Samaritans do

Submitted on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 15:24

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More out of service to my wife and family than for personal connection, I attended a fundraising event for the Samaritans this afternoon. What I learned:

* Calls to the suicide-prevention service have increased 20 percent since the Marathon attack. I assume that that's local to Greater Boston.