First responders, military personnel endure mental health challenges. Summit promotes ways to help.

By: Ann Hazlett, Marvin Richardson

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 453

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

The call for help came late on a frigid January night in Indianapolis. A car had crashed into a retention pond with a family trapped inside.

Indianapolis and Lawrence police officers rushed to the scene, where they found the vehicle 15 feet from shore and beneath 10 feet of icy water.

The officers, setting their own safety aside, entered the water to rescue a father and his two children. The children survived, but the …

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