BANGOR, Maine — Friends and families spent Saturday morning walking together through Bangor to remember loved ones who have died from suicide and spread awareness about ways to prevent other people from suffering the same kind of loss.
“People die in silence,” Dominique Dispirito, head organizer of Bangor’s Out of the Darkness Walk, said. “When we talk about it and open up, we are much better. And to look out and be like, ‘Oh my god, these are my people,’ or, ‘These are people who understand,’ it’s a really powerful thing.”
Dispirito said she became involved with the event two years ago after losing her father from suicide. She said she hopes to give people a chance to connect with others who have been impacted by suicide…