Myra
Hidalgo was 14 when her older sister Mona shot herself in the head.
During her second year in college, her 52-year-old mother died of heart
problems weeks after undergoing what was supposed to be a routine angioplasty.
Little more than a year later, her father, heartbroken, shot himself
in the heart.
Within the next year, Hidalgo tried to take her own life - three times. First, she cut her wrists and swallowed a bottle of aspirin. Six months later, she tried to hang herself. A few months after that, she drank a bottle of pesticides labeled "fatal if swallowed." That time, she nearly succeeded.
Within the next year, Hidalgo tried to take her own life - three times. First, she cut her wrists and swallowed a bottle of aspirin. Six months later, she tried to hang herself. A few months after that, she drank a bottle of pesticides labeled "fatal if swallowed." That time, she nearly succeeded.