Parents of North Jersey UPenn Freshman Who Took Own Life Release Suicide Note

The parents of the North Jersey teen and University of Pennsylvania freshman who committed suicide last year have released their daughter’s suicide note, according to reports.

Nineteen-year-old Madison Holleran, who jumped to her death from a Philadelphia parking garage last January, left a note saying, ”’I thought how unpleasant it was to be locked out, and I thought how it is worse perhaps to be locked in,’” Daily Mail reported.

The release came in an interview with family and friends in this week’s issue of People.

The Allendale native also left gifts for family, including chocolate for her father, necklaces for her mother and cookies for her grandparents.

Many were touch by Holleran’s story, including Wyckoff teen and Ramapo High School student Vinny Guaglardi who created the “Run with Madison” fundraiser, an online campaign that planned to donate all of its proceeds to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in memory of Madison.

The Holleran’s maintain their daughter took her life after not being able to cope with the expectation she set for herself, according to Daily Mail.

“Parents, if you see a huge change in your child and you haven’t discussed suicide with them, open that discussion up,” Madison’s parents, Jim and Stacy Holleran, said in a People Magazine interview.

In addition to the note and gifts, Madison also left behind a picture of her as a child holding a tennis racket and a book titled “Reconstructing Amelia,” a story about an over-achiever who was thought to have jumped to her death.

Madison’s note ended with, ”I love you all...I’m sorry. I love you.”

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