i'm lisa fletche americans. i'm lisa fletcher. between december 2013 and june 2014, there were eight suicides, before timothy hamlet became number 9. his mother turned this into an opportunity for change. 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