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Downtown Pittsburgh billboard remembers overdose victims

Downtown Pittsburgh billboard remembers overdose victims
MOBILE APP. 1233 WE’RE TURNING NOW TO OUR STATE OF ADDICTION COVERAGE. THERE’S A NEW BILLBOARD IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH THAT’S HOPEFULLY GETTING YOUR ATTENTION. THE GROUP PITTSBURGH WON’T FORGET YOU GATHERED ON GRANT CREEK YESTERDAY AS THE BILLBOARD WENT LIVE. IT SHOWS THE FACES AND NAMES OF CHILDREN AND SPOUSES, SIBLINGS AND OTHERS WHO LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY A DRUG OVERDOSE. ONE COUPLE RECENTLY WENT TO THE FUNERAL OF A FRIEND’S SON WHO DIED OF AN OVERDOSE. THEY BURIED THEIR OWN SON EIGHT YEARS EARLIER AND IT’S EXACT SAME THING HE IS 28 AND HIS SON WOULD BE 28. AND I FELT, WOW, HE GOT TO SPEND EIGHT MORE YEARS WITH HIS SON THAN I DID. BUT HE ULTIMATELY LOST. AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS YOU HAVE TO REALIZE IF WE DON’T STOP, IT WON’T QUIT. JUST REMEMBER, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES IN LIFE AND YOU’RE LIVE LONGER. 32 DIFFERENT FAMILIES PAID FOR THIS BILLBOARD IN THEIR MESSAGES. THERE’S NO SHAME IN LOSING A CHILD OR A LOVED ONE TO DRUGS, AND TH
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Downtown Pittsburgh billboard remembers overdose victims
There's a new billboard in downtown Pittsburgh that's hopefully getting your attention.The group Pittsburgh Won't Forget You gathered on Grant Street on Sunday as the billboard went live. It shows the faces and names of children, spouses, siblings and others whose lives were cut short by a drug overdose.One couple recently went to the funeral of a friend's son, who died of an overdose. They buried their own son eight years earlier.“It's the exact same thing. He is 28, my son would have been 28,” said Dino Bartolomucci. “And I thought, wow, he got to spend 8 more years with his son than I did, but he ultimately lost, and that's unfortunately what has to happen — you have to realize if you don't stop, it won't quit — just remember, make the right choices in life and you'll live longer.” Thirty-two different families paid for the billboard. Their message: There's no shame in losing a child or loved one to drugs, and more intervention is needed to save others.

There's a new billboard in downtown Pittsburgh that's hopefully getting your attention.

The group Pittsburgh Won't Forget You gathered on Grant Street on Sunday as the billboard went live. It shows the faces and names of children, spouses, siblings and others whose lives were cut short by a drug overdose.

One couple recently went to the funeral of a friend's son, who died of an overdose. They buried their own son eight years earlier.

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“It's the exact same thing. He is 28, my son would have been 28,” said Dino Bartolomucci. “And I thought, wow, he got to spend 8 more years with his son than I did, but he ultimately lost, and that's unfortunately what has to happen — you have to realize if you don't stop, it won't quit — just remember, make the right choices in life and you'll live longer.”

Thirty-two different families paid for the billboard. Their message: There's no shame in losing a child or loved one to drugs, and more intervention is needed to save others.