Penn Track Athlete Madison Holleran's Story Told; Social Media and 'Filtered' Lives Online

Posted Jun 7, 2015
A new feature piece on ESPN's website reveals both sides of a college student's life in the months before her suicide in 2014. Madison Holleran, a track athlete at the University of Pennsylvania, lost her life on January 17, 2014, after jumping from the roof of a parking garage in Philadelphia. The 19-year-old ran track for Penn. Holleran was troubled by the adjustment to life as a student athlete at an Ivy League school and also suffered from depression. (NBC Philadelphia)

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