The Story of a Suicide Response

I liked the way that this was worded. It came off somewhat as a newspaper article, as did both of these pieces really, but I liked this one's use of language more. It felt more like the author was trying to make it feel less like an article and more like a story. It had emotions in it and it was a lot more compelling than just the facts stated as they might be in something like this. That inclusion made it work a lot more than it might have otherwise. What's especially interesting is that I had heard this story before, but never in such detail (SO MUCH detail, too. Why was it so long? Why were either of them so long? It got boring way before the half-way point). Although it certainly wasn't one of the most compelling things I've read (I struggled keeping focus on it, in all honesty) it wasn't horrid.  There were definitely aspects of it that I found appealing and other things that I didn't like as much, but isn't that how it goes?