PHOTOS: Mission 22 completes 24-hour walk for suicide awareness
For the third year in a row, Mission 22 has completed their 24-hour walk for suicide awareness, bringing veterans, locals and first responders together at O’Harra Stadium in Rapid City.
Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper (front left) and Rapid City Mayor-elect Jason Salamun (right) talk while walking around the track at South Dakota Mines O’Harra Stadium Saturday, June 17.
Chris Cooper (in red) gets support from fellow veterans while completing the first of many laps during the third annual 24-hour walk for Mission 22.
A group of people, including representatives of the Rapid City Police Department, Rapid City Fire Department, Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, and Meade County Sheriff’s Office joined Chris Cooper and other walkers for the first few laps of the annual 24-hour walk at South Dakota Mines O’Harra Stadium Saturday.
Awareness signs sit outside O‘Harra Stadium at South Dakota Mines.
Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper spoke with media ahead of his third-annual 24-hour walk Saturday, June 17.
The Rapid City Fire Department displayed a Mission 22 flag outside O’Harra Stadium Saturday, June 17.
Members of the Rapid City Police and Fire Departments walk in solidarity with Mission 22.
Mission 22: “united in the war against veteran suicide”
Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper (far right) talks with fellow veterans and local first responders during the first few laps of the third annual 24-hour walk for suicide awareness.
“If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself today, this is it.”
Members of the Rapid City Police Department and Meade County Sheriff’s Office walk in solidarity with Mission 22 during the third annual 24-hour walk for suicide awareness.
Members of local law enforcement stand with Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper (in red, center) before the annual 24-hour suicide awareness walk.
Memorial signs to those veterans lost to suicide stand near the entrance to O’Harra Stadium during the 24-hour walk for suicide awareness.
Mayor-elect Jason Salamun (left-center) and Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper (right-center) hold a support sign while surrounded by local first responders.
Mission 22 Regional Leader Chris Cooper (in red, center) holds a support sign while surrounded by members of the Rapid City Fire Department. RCFD walked with Cooper in support of Mission 22‘s campaign for suicide awareness.
Darsha Dodge
City Editor, Staff Photographer
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