Queens Father Believes Hazing Led To Son’s Suicide

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A fraternity at Penn State Altoona has been suspended after a freshman from Queens committed suicide.

Marquise Braham, 18, of Rosedale jumped to his death from the Marriott Inn in Uniondale while home on spring break last Friday.

His father, Richard Braham, told 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera he found photos and text messages on his son’s phone of apparent torture and hazing at Phi Sigma Kappa.

One picture shows “what appears to be a pledge — the child is blindfolded and there is another child holding a gun to their head and my son took that picture on his iPhone,” Braham said.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/20/queens-father-believes-hazing-led-to-sons-suicide/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[In_The_Wind]

1. I'm speechless.

[Warpy]

2. Every year tries to outdo the last, that's the problem

My mother joined a sorority and the stories about the hazing that went on--mild compared to having some jerk with a gun pretending to play Russian roulette with pledges--discouraged me from the whole thing.

I don't think Mom needs to call them children, they're young men. Scary.