Event to Raise Suicide Awareness More Than Just 'Stayin' Afloat'

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By WSBT News1

Story Created: Jul 8, 2007 at 1:09 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 8, 2007 at 1:53 AM EDT

(WSBT) A South Bend police officer braved the heat Saturday on a mission to bring the issue of suicide out into the open.

Stayin' Afloat is a way for South Bend Police Corporal Chris Krueger to honor his sister Amy who took her own life in 2004.

The event took place along the East Race downtown South Bend. It's a fundraiser to help benefit the Suicide Prevention Council of St. Joseph County. It included music and fun events — things Krueger says his sister liked.

"I don't want to remember the tragedy," he says. "I want to remember the good things in her life."

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