Chester Bennington’s son films suicide prevention videos

The son of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has released three videos for National Suicide Prevention Week in the wake of his father’s suicide this past July.

Draven Bennington, 15, appears alone in one video, alongside his mother and the singer’s first wife Samantha in the second video and for the final video in the series discusses suicide warning signs with Angelica Guajardo, a local marriage and family therapist.

‘Hi, I’m Draven Bennington, and I’m here on National Suicide Prevention Week,’ says the teenager in the first video, while the music to his father’s hit song ‘Numb’ plays in the background.. 

‘I want to make a commitment that I will talk to someone before I hurt myself when I’m feeling depressed, sad or going through a hard week, month or year.’

He then states: ‘I want to challenge you to do the same — to help yourself, not hurt yourself.’

Family affair: He appears alongside his mother Samantha, who was the Linkin Park singer’s first wife, in the second video

Draven gets a bit more personal in the second video, where he is joined by his mother Samantha.

‘It still doesn’t feel like it actually happened. You always think that maybe he’s on vacation and someone just found someone else. Maybe he’ll pop back up,’ says the high school student.

‘It’s hard because sometimes you just sit down, you start thinking about … I came across old home videos that he had, things like that. It sucks.’