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From the Ted Talk by JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors

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From all outward appearances, John had everything going for him. He had just signed the cnoatrct to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years. The soohcl where he gareutadd from with his master's had just ofeferd him a teaching appointment, which meant not only a salary, but benefits for the first time in ages. And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

On the night of June 11th, 2003, he climbed up to the edge of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge and he leaped to the toceahurres waters below. Remarkably — no, mouriacuslly — he lived. The fall sehatertd his right arm, brkoe every rib that he had, punctured his lung, and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the bolyrkon Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry, where passengers on the ferry hared his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East rievr and took him to Bellevue Hospital.

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From all outward appearances, John had everything going for him. He had just signed the ________ to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years. The ______ where he _________ from with his master's had just _______ him a teaching appointment, which meant not only a salary, but benefits for the first time in ages. And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

On the night of June 11th, 2003, he climbed up to the edge of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge and he leaped to the ___________ waters below. Remarkably — no, ____________ — he lived. The fall _________ his right arm, _____ every rib that he had, punctured his lung, and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the ________ Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry, where passengers on the ferry _____ his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East _____ and took him to Bellevue Hospital.

Solution


  1. school
  2. contract
  3. offered
  4. graduated
  5. brooklyn
  6. miraculously
  7. river
  8. heard
  9. shattered
  10. broke
  11. treacherous

Original Text


From all outward appearances, John had everything going for him. He had just signed the contract to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years. The school where he graduated from with his master's had just offered him a teaching appointment, which meant not only a salary, but benefits for the first time in ages. And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

On the night of June 11th, 2003, he climbed up to the edge of the fence on the Manhattan Bridge and he leaped to the treacherous waters below. Remarkably — no, miraculously — he lived. The fall shattered his right arm, broke every rib that he had, punctured his lung, and he drifted in and out of consciousness as he drifted down the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and out into the pathway of the Staten Island Ferry, where passengers on the ferry heard his cries of pain, contacted the boat's captain who contacted the Coast Guard who fished him out of the East River and took him to Bellevue Hospital.

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Important Words


  1. addiction
  2. ages
  3. apartment
  4. appearances
  5. appointment
  6. arm
  7. bellevue
  8. benefits
  9. bridge
  10. broke
  11. brooklyn
  12. captain
  13. climbed
  14. coast
  15. consciousness
  16. contacted
  17. contract
  18. cries
  19. depression
  20. drifted
  21. east
  22. edge
  23. fall
  24. fence
  25. ferry
  26. fighting
  27. fished
  28. graduated
  29. gripping
  30. guard
  31. heard
  32. hospital
  33. island
  34. john
  35. june
  36. leaped
  37. lived
  38. lung
  39. manhattan
  40. meant
  41. miraculously
  42. night
  43. offered
  44. outward
  45. owned
  46. pain
  47. passengers
  48. pathway
  49. profit
  50. punctured
  51. remarkably
  52. rib
  53. river
  54. salary
  55. school
  56. sell
  57. shattered
  58. signed
  59. staten
  60. struggling
  61. teaching
  62. time
  63. treacherous
  64. waters
  65. years
  66. york