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Quiet Acknowledgment is Powerful: Rethinking Suicide Prevention for Older Adults By Dr. Tyshawn J. Thompson, Clinical Psychologist, Montefiore-Einstein Psychiatry Associates  Bronx Voice  August 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Despite continued awareness and prevention efforts, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the U.S. Many conversations about suicide risk focus on youth and middle-aged populations, while older adults tend to go unnoticed - but they are an important group to consider.  Sadly, death by suicide is highest for men older than 75 years . Older adults can face many factors that increase their risk for suicidal thoughts and actions including: feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief, family discord, new cognitive and physical deficits, financial strain, and institutionalization.  Recently, I had a conversation with a close family member who shared feelings of anxiety and a fear of losin...
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Another Subway Push In Bronx

Subway Psycho Pushes Man onto Tracks as Train Bears Down

Police are looking for this man in connection with an unprovoked attack on a Number 6 subway platform. 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 16, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx man was shoved off a subway platform and onto the tracks below in yet another unprovoked attack in the subway.





At around. 11:50 am on October 15, a man was on the subway platform of the northbound Number 6 train at the 149th Street and Southern Boulevard station.


A man went up to the straphanger and pushed him off the platform and to the tracks below as the train pulled into the station. 


The attacker fled the station.




The train just missed the victim. Fellow straphangers helped the victim climb back onto the platform.


The victim suffered only minor injuries and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center.

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The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who is described as a male with a medium complexion, large black hair, facial hair and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black winter jacket, camouflage pants and camouflage sandals.


Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.





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