Scrum
05-27-2019, 15:55
On Memorial Day, it seems fitting to take a moment to think of two veterans who lost their lives on the AT over the last year.
Ronald Sanchez's violent death earlier this month is, perhaps, even more tragic because he sought out the AT to help heal emotional wounds from his military service.
Let us also remember another veteran, Michael Camiso, who in May 2018 drowned while attempting to swim across the Kennebec River. According to posts here on WB by a person stating she was Michael's sister, he sustained a traumatic brain injury that caused mental illness, and his decision to cross the river was the result of his paranoia and schizophrenia. https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/129600-Hiker-Killed-Fording-the-Kennebec/page3?highlight=Camiso
Both deaths are profoundly sad.
Ronald Sanchez's violent death earlier this month is, perhaps, even more tragic because he sought out the AT to help heal emotional wounds from his military service.
Let us also remember another veteran, Michael Camiso, who in May 2018 drowned while attempting to swim across the Kennebec River. According to posts here on WB by a person stating she was Michael's sister, he sustained a traumatic brain injury that caused mental illness, and his decision to cross the river was the result of his paranoia and schizophrenia. https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/129600-Hiker-Killed-Fording-the-Kennebec/page3?highlight=Camiso
Both deaths are profoundly sad.