Taylor was temporarily revived, but he later passed away in the hospital. Taylor’s 15-year-old brother administered CPR. Immediately Angie and her family sprung into action.
When Taylor told his mother he was skipping dinner, Wallace thought nothing of it. He lost his appetite, slept a lot, and became very withdrawn. Then, Taylor was overcome by a wave of depression. Wallace said Taylor had his heart set on attending Truman State. He also charmed Truman State’s Director of Admissions. Taylor talked to the baseball coach about joining the school’s team. On October 27, 2016, Wallace took her family to Truman State University. Just like that, Taylor was back to pursuing his dreams of becoming a cardiothoratic surgeon. He was just so relieved to be back.”Īfter getting some rest, Taylor began working at a local hospital. “He gave me the biggest hug,” said Wallace, “I felt every ounce of his soul when he gave me that hug. On October 1, 2016, Taylor moved back to Missouri. She told Wallace that if she were Taylor’s mother, she would let him come home. His advisor agreed that Columbia was simply not the right place for everyone. He wanted to withdraw.Ĭoncerned for the wellbeing of her child, Wallace called Taylor’s academic advisor. The school he’d dreamt about since age nine was not a good fit. When Taylor finally returned to Brookfield, he had a revelation. He fell into a dull, monotonous, routine: class then Netflix.
Because he talked about it, she never thought he would actually do it. The thought of returning home for Homecoming kept Taylor motivated. It wasn’t the first time Taylor casually mentioned suicide. He's like, ‘I know, but I just don't like it. “He would FaceTime me at night and say, ‘You don't know how bad I want to jump out this window right now,’ said Wallace. He told her so every night from the isolation of his 90sq ft room on floor 14 of John Jay Residence Hall. She scribbled her direct number on a card and asked Wallace to give it to Taylor. The head of CPS reassured Wallace, stating that many Columbia students took antidepressants. He took Lexapro, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), to treat his depression. Wallace was concerned about Taylor’s mental health. What she didn’t know, she asked the head of Columbia’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS). Making friends would be easy for someone as kind and loving as Taylor. She thought he’d be happy around driven, talented kids like himself. Leaving Brookfield, Missouri, a town of just over 4,000 people, to live in a city of eight million wasn’t daunting either. But that’s almost every parent on college move-in day. Leaving her son Taylor at Columbia University made Angie Wallace nervous.
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