‘Project 22′ Aims To Shed Light On Suicides Among Veterans

‘Project 22′ Aims To Shed Light On Suicides Among Veterans
CBS Pittsburgh
Reporting Rick Dayton
October 9, 2013

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Another movie crew has set up shop in the Pittsburgh area, but this one’s a little different.

They call themselves “Project 22,” and today, they arrived in Pittsburgh for a two-day filming blitz.

Project 22 was started by USMC Sgt. Daniel Egbert and U.S. Army Sgt. Matt King. Egbert served as a combat veteran in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and King served as a medic in Ramadi, Iraq.

They are traveling across the country, from Los Angeles to Ground Zero in New York, on a 22-day filming mission, making a documentary about suicides among veterans.

They got the name “Project 22″ from a 2012 study released by the Veterans Administration. The study revealed at least 8,000 veterans are thought to die by suicide each year, a toll of about 22 per day. The VA acknowledges that number may be even higher, because the study was compiled from incomplete data from only 21 states.

Former USMC Sgt., now Duquesne University law student, Theo Collins, served in Afghanistan with one of the filmmakers. He tells KDKA Pittsburgh was not an original stop on the journey, but he convinced the crew to film here.
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