"Silence killed my father; we need to normalize suicide, we need to talk more about it."
Maitane Ruiz's father committed suicide two years ago.
Today, September 10, marks International Day for the Prevention of Suicide. Maitane Ruiz's father committed suicide two years ago. The young man from Mungia has told his story and defended the importance of making suicide visible, normalizing and talking about it.
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