“Police Superintendent Eddie Compass announced the two suicides yesterday morning, telling WWL Radio in New Orleans that ”the world really can’t understand’ what has happened in New Orleans in recent days, and that the two suicides were tragic parts of an already horrible situation.

…”He lost everything he owned. ‘He just could not find a way to wrap his mind around what had happened. There was despair in his eyes and sorrow. All I can say is it is more than he could handle.'” (Boston Globe)