Katinger.com

Back in the early e-Media days there were many interns floating around...of which I was one. I was in college and had a full time job pretty much locked at e-Media upon graduation. However there were a few interns there who were much younger - high school kids. One of them was a kid from New Canaan named David Wilson.

When I was working at e-Media, especially in the early days, I was full of fire and didn't have time for anyone who wasn't "getting it done." If you weren't on the list of "cool kids" I probably didn't know you. Which makes it all the more surprising that I recall David so well. His time there was fairly short. He was quiet and unassuming, but had wit and smarts...which made me like him. He was a little blonde kid from town who was a Mac Geek in training. He loved his computer and, as I recall, looked up to our CTO quite a bit. I don't remember any particular conversation with him so much as I recall his essence. I believe he was a bit of a wise ass to me once or twice and I liked that a lot. I was shocked to hear from e-Media's founder that David had killed himself on September 23rd.

It makes me mad that, though we were by no means "buddies" - just acquaintances - I didn't keep in touch with him after his internship at e-Media was over. It makes me incredibly angry that such a sweet and intelligent kid couldn't find someone or something that could keep him off the edge...

It makes me feel fortunate that I have.

HamcoNews.com: RPI student kills himself in Wells (via Kevin)