WTEN
Published: October 8, 2016
“Anything we deem burdensome were going to internalize and hold in our core until it rots us”
His picture has been viewed almost 40,000 times on Facebook. That’s because the skeleton represents another one of his brothers in arms who took their own life.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In John Newcomb’s case, it’s worth tens of thousands.
“You are never too heavy, I will carry you.”
The mission of this army veteran from Watervliet is going viral.
8News sister station, NEWS10 ABC, caught up with him walking past the Albany VA carrying a 40-pound pack and a skeleton draped over his shoulders.
He’s spreading a powerful message that too many veterans are killed by suicide.
“Most of it was on compulsion. I just lost another one from my company.”
He’s traveled through Troy, Watervliet, and Latham and plans on walking across the country, hoping to make a difference.
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