In the quiet green mountains of Vermont, a profound loss rippled through the community of Hazen. Finnian Thomas Rooney, a Caucasian male, was 17 years old when he died on January 3, 2020. His death was the result of suicide by a firearm.
Finn, as he was known, was a young man with a spirit that deeply touched those who knew him. An English assignment he completed as a sophomore at Hazen Union High School, in which he was asked to write his own obituary, offers a glimpse into a soul full o
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