Deputies save inmate after suicide attempt

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Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:32 a.m.

An inmate awaiting trial for first-degree rape of a minor child and first-degree sexual offenses against a child, tried to take his own life in the Henderson County Detention Center at about 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21.

“The quick response and superior training of those officers averted certain tragedy,â€