CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—Nexstar is raising awareness of a critical crisis: the fentanyl epidemic in our country.
One woman who is leading the charge is tragically familiar with how dangerous and deadly this drug can be.
“I hate to say this because we’re all part of a club that we didn’t want to join and we can never leave,” said Angela Kennecke.
Kennecke is a former news anchor who worked in South Dakota and lost her daughter Emily to fentanyl poisoning nearly seven years ago.
“My daughter took heroin that she didn’t know was laced with fentanyl and died,” Kennecke explained. “I was just a few days away from holding an intervention when this happened. I just, I’m devastated to this day. I’m devastated.”