katherine hamlet lost her only son timothy to suicide just five months ago. he was a gifted student and ran track at the university of pennsylvania. >> right now it feels like hell on earth but i can tell you and anybody else that i know what heaven feels like because there has for me been nothing more beautiful than to have a child that we've created out of love. and to love him. and share his earthly presence. >> congratulations. >> how do you feel? >> and have a family. >> this is an interview. >> a finance major named david khan had been reporting on her son's untimely tet for u penn's newspaper. the two formed an unlikely bond whether this young student decided to break down the stigma of mental illness and a grieving mother turned the loss of her only child into change. >> the reality is that my son died by suicide. he was a student there and hopefully he will be the last student at penn to die by suicide. that's the goal. let's make timothy hamlet the last student at u penn to die by suicide. >> the result of their class collaboration, the timothy haml