![]() ![]() An acceptance letter from UCLA arrived three months later.Īmid the mourning, Zachary’s death became part of a critical and controversial shift in the response to a fentanyl crisis that had spread beyond urban hot spots like San Francisco’s Tenderloin to rural and suburban communities throughout California. The Rocklin teenager’s father found him sitting at a computer in his bedroom, one arm cradling his head while the other rested on a mouse.įriends since third grade served as Zachary’s pallbearers. Seventeen-year-old Zachary died two days after Christmas in 2020 from intoxication by fentanyl, the cheap and supremely powerful drug often laced into illicit pills that traffickers peddle online. District Attorney said drug dealers disguise opioid to attract kids. ![]() Nobody quite knew what compelled Zachary Didier, a floppy-haired, straight-A high school student from Placer County, to buy what he thought were opioid painkillers from a dealer over Snapchat.īut what was probably an impulsive decision, made during a pandemic lockdown, changed everything for the Didier family. ![]() courtesy of Chris Didier / courtesy of Chris Didier Show More Show Less Zachary Didier died of fentanyl poisoning at age 17, after buying what he thought was a Percocet pill over Snapchat. Zachary Didier, left, died of fentanyl poisoning at age 17, after buying what he thought was a Percocet pill over Snapchat. Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of9 Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of9īricks near the theater at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County) are painted in honor of Zach Didier, who died of a fentanyl overdose at 17. Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of9Ī student is overcome with emotion while listening to Chris Didier speak about the death of his son Zach, a former student, during an assembly at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County). Theater teacher Josh Ansley points to a photo of Zach Didier, who starred in “High School Musical,” on the wall near the theater at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County). Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of9 Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of9Ī spot dubbed “Zach’s Corner” in the theater at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County) was named for 17-year-old Zach Didier, who died of a fentanyl overdose. Laura Didier embraces freshman Kyanna Alves, 14, after an assembly at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County) bringing awareness to the fentanyl crisis that killed Didier’s son, Zach. ![]() “I’m learning how to ask for help and that it’s not a sign of weakness.” Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of9 “It’s bitter,” Alves said of learning about Zach’s death. Alves was overtaken with emotion as she reflected on her own overdose she survived last year. Brontë Wittpenn, photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of9įreshman Kyanna Alves, 14, listens at an assembly bringing awareness to the fentanyl crisis that killed Zach Didier, a former student, at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County). The Didiers lost their son, Zach, then 17, to a fentanyl overdose in December 2020. Chris Didier listens as his wife, Laura, speaks to a gymnasium full of students during an assembly bringing attention to deaths caused by fentanyl Wednesday at Whitney High School in Rocklin (Placer County). ![]()
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