Katie Doerr, right, comforts Devon Rock at a remembrance event for victims of suicide in Diamond Park Wednesday evening.

Joshua and Devon Rock knelt down in front of a pair of slide-on sandals placed on the ledge of the fountain at Diamond Park Wednesday evening.

There were 24 pairs of shoes set up at the fountain, representing the 24 people who died of suicide in 2020.

The couple lost their high-school-age son to suicide last year, and it was only recently that they found out about the Butler County Suicide Coalition.

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