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Suicide shown live online brings concerns, reminders

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About a week before Thanksgiving, Abraham Biggs Jr. of Broward County, Fla., turned on his computer’s webcam and swallowed a lethal dose of prescription pills. From his bedroom, Biggs, 19, broadcast a live feed of his suicide, which an estimated 1,300 people watched.
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