Triangle mom works to prevent teen suicide

Carolyn Zahnow hopes her new book will mean other moms won't have to live through what she did: a child's suicide.

Zahnow's only child Cameron was 18 when he took his life in 2005. He had suffered from depression and drug addiction. He'd been to counseling and rehab, but as Zahnow writes on her website sometimes teens don't know how to get themselves out of that downward spiral.

"I tried," she told me.

After her son's death, Zahnow started a journal at the suggestion of her sister. The journal eventually turned into the book.

Zahnow told me that a key to saving our teens is to stay involved.

"They push away from you,: she said, "but they still need you."