Honoring a brother's last wish: $500 tips on a cross-country mission

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15. Coming from a family full of suicides

I'd say offhand that Aaron's family wants to focus on his life, not his death, and to somehow extend his thoughts and wishes, since they've been denied the 50 or more years they might have expected with him.

The first article I ever read about Aaron's Last Wish mentioned the suicide possibility, but since then I've read a lot of pearl-clutching and finger-pointing articles moaning about how deceitful the family is.

I can understand why they didn't mention cause of death in the video, especially if there were doubts or even denial, but it might have been better to mention it in passing, even if accompanied by "some say," just so the first thing people say wouldn't be, "How did he die?"

Aaron and his family's story inspired me to put $100 in the local coffee shop's tip jar. I hope it do something similar for you.