Walkers gathered before dawn at Bend in the Road Beach.Ray Ewing
This was the fourth annual suicide prevention and awareness walk.Ray Ewing
Cecilia Brennan, Alicia Knight and Hillary Noyes-Keene greet participants.Ray Ewing
Writing notes of encouragement and remembering those lost.Ray Ewing
“If you know someone who’s talking about suicide, or you know they’re thinking about it, it is very likely they are going to attempt it,” said Jim Wallen.Ray Ewing
An hour and a half before dawn, music mingled with the smell of woodsmoke.
As the sky began to lighten overhead and faint pink tinges appeared over the water to the east, the crowd head out.Ray Ewing
Candles in hand, the group began walking toward the Big Bridge.Ray Ewing
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The sound of bagpipes breaks through the silence.Ray Ewing
Edgartown police chief Bruce McNamee plays to the rising sun.Ray Ewing
Carrying candles and hope, walkers marched toward the Big Bridge, accompanied by the sound of bagpipes as part of the fourth annual suicide prevention and awareness walk.
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