Suicide Thwarted Through Timely Intervention

Rangers had just cleared from an incident at Antietam Creek campground at about 3:15 a.m. on May 23rd when they came upon a semi-responsive man lying in a fetal position on the ground beside a picnic table. When they checked his campsite, they found numerous prescription medications and a possible suicide note. They immediately began treating him, during which time he handed one of the rangers a card for a funeral home should he expire. Rangers had him stabilized by the time advanced life support personnel arrived on scene and took him to Washington County Hospital. He was treated and released from the hospital. Further investigation confirmed that this had been a suicide attempt.