KIT CARSON, Colo. Joe Bell had a message for gay teens suffering from bullying who might be contemplating suicide: Itll get better.
He was spreading that message during a walk across the country from Oregon to New York City.
Joe was walking in honor of his son Jadin. The 15-year-old boy was gay and suffered from bullying. He hanged himself on a La Grande school playground in January. A passerby saw Jadin and tried to help, but the boy later died at a Portland hospital.
Joe Bell was walking along a rural highway in Colorado on Wednesday evening when he was struck by a semi-truck and killed.
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