ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: From left, Kyler, Leslie, Madeleine and Lucas McCaddon lay flowers on the casket of Capt. Michael Ryan McCaddon, M.D. at Calvary Cemetery in early April after his funeral at St. Ann's Church in Gloucester.
"Leslie McCaddon, wife of Capt. Michael McCaddon, an Army doctor, allowed us full access in April to tell the story of her husband’s life, suicide and funeral, for which I was very grateful. I got to know her both before, during and after the funeral; she is an inspirational, strong, smart and expressive woman. The story of her husband and her family needs to be told, the stories of other military personnel in the same boat need to be told. McCaddon and other military widows who lost their spouses to suicide have been actively speaking and working to spur change. There is one suicide a day across the military — she has testified before member of the Pentagon and other places about this tragic problem. My photography colleague Desi Smith and I attempted to thoughtfully tell the story of that family: its love, loss and strength that day."
"Leslie McCaddon, wife of Capt. Michael McCaddon, an Army doctor, allowed us full access in April to tell the story of her husband’s life, suicide and funeral, for which I was very grateful. I got to know her both before, during and after the funeral; she is an inspirational, strong, smart and expressive woman. The story of her husband and her family needs to be told, the stories of other military personnel in the same boat need to be told. McCaddon and other military widows who lost their spouses to suicide have been actively speaking and working to spur change. There is one suicide a day across the military — she has testified before member of the Pentagon and other places about this tragic problem. My photography colleague Desi Smith and I attempted to thoughtfully tell the story of that family: its love, loss and strength that day."
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: From left, Kyler, Leslie, Madeleine and Lucas McCaddon lay flowers on the casket of Capt. Michael Ryan McCaddon, M.D. at Calvary Cemetery in early April after his funeral at St. Ann's Church in Gloucester.
"Leslie McCaddon, wife of Capt. Michael McCaddon, an Army doctor, allowed us full access in April to tell the story of her husband’s life, suicide and funeral, for which I was very grateful. I got to know her both before, during and after the funeral; she is an inspirational, strong, smart and expressive woman. The story of her husband and her family needs to be told, the stories of other military personnel in the same boat need to be told. McCaddon and other military widows who lost their spouses to suicide have been actively speaking and working to spur change. There is one suicide a day across the military — she has testified before member of the Pentagon and other places about this tragic problem. My photography colleague Desi Smith and I attempted to thoughtfully tell the story of that family: its love, loss and strength that day."
"Leslie McCaddon, wife of Capt. Michael McCaddon, an Army doctor, allowed us full access in April to tell the story of her husband’s life, suicide and funeral, for which I was very grateful. I got to know her both before, during and after the funeral; she is an inspirational, strong, smart and expressive woman. The story of her husband and her family needs to be told, the stories of other military personnel in the same boat need to be told. McCaddon and other military widows who lost their spouses to suicide have been actively speaking and working to spur change. There is one suicide a day across the military — she has testified before member of the Pentagon and other places about this tragic problem. My photography colleague Desi Smith and I attempted to thoughtfully tell the story of that family: its love, loss and strength that day."
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