BREAKING THE SILENCE: For those left behind, for those who have tried, 4 of 4

Aaron was 28 when he died by suicide in 2017. He left behind two children, Cora, 10, and Gabe, 6. PHOTO PROVIDED

Editor’s note:This is the last in a four-part special collaboration between The Creswell Chronicle, The Cottage Grove Sentinel, Siuslaw News and Newport News-Times focusing on the rising suicide rate in Oregon. Each week in April, the four newspapers in this collaboration contributed a part to the series and published them together. The…