Unfortunately, another teen has committed suicide, but this time in an extremely unusual way. Authorities say a South Carolina high school student doused himself in flammable liquid Wednesday morning and set himself on fire, killing him. Read more after the jump…
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(HP)–Academic Magnet High School officials told WCSC-TV that a team of 45 grief counselors were on campus Friday to help students cope with the teen’s death.
Authorities say 16-year-old Aaron Williams doused his clothes with a flammable liquid Wednesday morning and ran toward the school’s doors. Dozens of teachers and students saw him on fire. Williams died a day later from the burns.
Classmates say Williams was known around school as the “Boom Box Kid” because he carried around a large, portable stereo like the kind that were popular in the 1980s.
My heart goes out to the boy’s family and friends. He must have been in a very deep depression and was attempting to let everyone know about it. Thankfully his suicide didn’t involve hurting anyone else physically; although the mental anguish that others will feel and experience as a result of seeing or hearing about this will be tough to overcome.