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I retired at 55 years old and decided to start a second career as a Paramedic. I got my EMT then I went to TEEX (at Texas A&M) to get my Paramedic. I ran 911 with a local EMS outfit in my home town with upper middle class to upper income residents. We didn't see a lot of gunshot type calls but we did see lots of drug OD's and LOTS of suicides. The suicides were mostly college age kids with a few middle age adults. It is amazing the creativity people use to kill themselves. As horrible as the dead person was, the surviving family members were worse. They were destroyed emotionally. Many times one of them had to be transported to the ER for chest pains, faint and fall accidents and general emotional breakdown. I couldn't wait to get out of the home. People who council suicide survivor families are gifts from God. It takes a very special person.