A picture, a lamp pole, and a viral video: How one man’s story is inspiring millions

NEW ORLEANS — A video about a man from Ohio who died by suicide is inspiring others. It’s because of what a loved one did one day while visiting New Orleans. Now his story is bringing awareness of mental health issues, and comfort to millions who never knew him.

Here’s what happened after one post on social media.

A bird sings its song on top a lamp pole on Bourbon and Canal Streets. Below hundreds, upon hundreds of people pass by that lamp pole as they enter the French Quarter. It’s a lamp pole that has special meaning to two young women more than 1,000 miles away…

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