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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

Mad in America

But back in 2009-2010, the years of the first of three “suicide clusters” in Palo Alto, teen suicides across America were rarer. But I am still confused by what happened with the teen train track suicides in Palo Alto—first in 2009-2010, again in 2013-14, and yet again in 2015-16. The numbers today truly are staggering.