[Elvish]

PINEHURST, North Carolina (AP) -- Officers had been to the white ranch house many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation." Each had ended uneventfully, with Joseph Dwyer coming out or telling police in a calm voice through the window that he was OK.

But this time was different.

The Iraq war veteran had called a taxi service to take him to the emergency room. But when the driver arrived, Dwyer shouted that he was too weak to get up and open the door.

The officers asked Dwyer for permission to kick it in.
"Go ahead!" he yelled.

They found Dwyer lying on his back, his clothes soiled with urine and feces. Scattered on the floor were dozens of spent cans of Dust-Off, a refrigerant-based aerosol normally used to clean electrical equipment.
Dwyer told police Lt. Mike Wilson he'd been "huffing" the aerosol.

"Help me, please!" the former Army medic begged Wilson. "I'm dying. Help me. I can't breathe."

A half-hour later, he was dead.

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[ingelein]

I heard this , it is incredibly tragic. This young man was a Army Medic, one of many who was affected with PTSD.

[HM2Viking]

So very sad.....Another lost soul.....

[bethin]

You scared me for a minute! I thought your db was hurt or worse.

I read this story a few days ago and emailed it to everyone I know. I don't know why but it's important to me that people know that the war doesn't end when they come home.