Ohio bill would allow first responders with PTSD to qualify for workers' compensation

Katherin Hardin stood before lawmakers, her voice cracking and tears in her eyes.In her hand was a photo of her 28-year-old son Trever Murphy a former firefighter with Orange Township Fire Department in Delaware.She told lawmakers he hung himself, a victim of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)."My son Trever was the last line of duty suicide in a central fire department," she said.Journal of Emergency Medical Services reports in a 2015 survey of more than 4,000 first responders, that 37% had