Suicide is called another casualty of BP oil spill

[Forkboy]

Two weeks ago, Kruse went to work for BP, turning his 50- and 40-foot boats, the Rookie and the Rookie II, into what the oil giant calls Vessels of Opportunity. He was never given a day off.

"He told me he hated it," said his 12-year-old stepson, Ryan Mistrot. "He hated going out for BP." Marc Kruse said his brother thought the Vessels of Opportunity were just BP window-dressing.

His mother recalled the day last week that Kruse told her his chickens were hungry.

"They always are," Ryan said, as he played with Kruse's Jack Russell terrier, Isabel.

"Yes, but what he was saying was, 'I don't have food for them'."

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On the Kruse porch, a fishing pole was propped in the corner. Ryan said the last time he saw his stepfather was Tuesday night when Kruse lay in bed, despondent. Ryan said he did the only thing he could do — told his stepdad he loved him and gave him a hug.

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A BP official came to the house Wednesday to offer counseling, and later sent a chaplain. "We all need counseling. I feel like I do," Ryan said as he stood up.

Use your punching bag, one of his uncles said.

"I did," Ryan said as he walked out into the darkness and toward the water. "I knocked it over."

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/mentalhealth/la-na-oil-spill-grief-20100625,0,6183365.story?page=1

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[G_j]

2. K&R

[Mnemosyne]

3. K&R

[Octafish]

4. Heartbreaking.

For his family, friends, us, our nation, our planet...our future.

The movie Black Wave tells the story of people who suffered from the Exxon Valdez also paid a heavy psychological toll. Like Capt. Kruse, they didn't live long enough to see a penny from Exxon, thanks to Tony the Fixer and his SCOTUS crew.

[Forkboy]

5. I haven't seen Black Wave, but I will now.

Thanks for the headsup!

[NJmaverick]

6. I always thought untreated depression was the number 1 cause of suicide

http://www.suicide.org/suicide-causes.html

[Forkboy]

8. The empathy is touching.

[joeybee12]

9. Yeah, anything bad about BP apparently reflects on Obama...

can't have that.

[joeybee12]

7. KNR...n/t