Gary Turcotte

Tom and the Troubled Teens: Suicide Seth Gary Turcotte

Hit hard by the economy Tom took the only job he could find; substitute teacher at a private school. The guidance councilor was arrested for OUI and forced to resign, Tom filled his spot temporarily. The ex-councilor kept secret files of sessions with disturbed students. Seth was one of the troubled teens. He hosted an online site known as 'Happy Endings' a suicide site. Seth's screen name was 'Suicide Seth', he didn't have the courage to end his own life, but he advised others, and encouraged them to kill themselves. Tom stumbled onto the site, and although he tried to help the kids; he was from a different era and his words fell on deaf ears. They didn't want to be saved, they wanted to talk with others who had the same frame of mind. Tom felt helpless and hopeless.