Moreno Family of PTSD Veteran Wants To Help Those With PTSD

Vet's Family Speak After His Death

Moreno Family Wants To Help Those With PTSD

POSTED: 9:10 am MST February 6, 2012


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The family of a young veteran who died in a car accident on Friday night spoke recently with Action 7 News.

Albuquerque police said they still cannot say whether Phillip Moreno, 23, died from the crash impact or medical issues he was experiencing as he rode to the hospital. A friend was driving Phillip Moreno to the hospital when their car was hit after turning into oncoming traffic.

It's a tragedy that's struck the Moreno family to the core.

"You know, He was a survivor. His sister called him Superman," his mother, Lydia Moreno, said.

Police said Phillip Moreno was going to the hospital for a possible overdose. The young Marine veteran told his family that medication wasn't helping his anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

"You could see that this kid who left Albuquerque, he was different when he came back. He wasn't wounded physically. He was wounded mentally," his father, Jim Moreno, said.
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