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Sean Salai

Sean Salai

ssalai@washingtontimes.com

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

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A placard about military suicides is displayed at the Grey Team veterans center, Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Boca Raton, Fla. The center is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ** FILE **

Post-9/11 veterans saw suicide rates soar in the years before pandemic, study finds

A silent epidemic of suicides stalked the nation's military veterans even before the COVID-19 global shutdown. A government-funded study released Monday found that suicide rates among veterans who served in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks soared more than tenfold during the 14 years before the pandemic.

August 28, 2023