SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A father who lost his Marine son to the fentanyl crisis is taking steps to get the drug off the streets. Some two dozen people set foot on Saturday in Scranton on what’s called Walk for Lives.
They stepped off from the Lackawanna County Children’s Public Library and headed to Courthouse Square.
Mike Mancini’s son, Marine Lance Corporal Christian Reed, took medication he bought off the streets to deal with pain. The 26-year-old Scranton native died from medication that was laced with fentanyl.
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Mancini hopes to prevent others from experiencing such heartache.
“I care about my area. I care about my community. I care about the county. I care about our city, and I care about people, and to know that the choices we make could be very dire, that it’s important to bring this awareness today,” Father of LCPL Christian Reed, Mike Mancini, told 28/22 News.
“I just want people to know that it can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. It knows no class. It knows no socioeconomic status. This affects every single American,” Lynn Bloom, who lost their son to drug overdose, explained.
This marked the third annual Walk for Lives and the first one held in Scranton.
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