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Intervention On The Internet Saves Depressed Mom

When writer Ayelet Waldman confessed to suicidal thoughts on her blog, her online community rallied around her. She credits their intervention with helping her out of her dark days. But the Internet played a different role for Abraham Briggs — a teen who broadcast his own suicide on his webcam.

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