Name: Parents says they never saw any warning signs before NC State students suicide
Uploaded: 2023-04-28T22:01:15-0400
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Description: Salas's parents tell WRAL News they never saw any warning signs before their son's death, and they're working to honor his memory going forward.

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Salas's parents tell WRAL News they never saw any warning signs before their son's death, and they're working to honor his memory going forward.

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> THIS IS BEEN SOLACE. HE WAS AN ATHLETE ON NC STATE'S RIFLE TEAM AND HAD DREAMS OF ONE DAY COMPETING IN THE OLYMPICS. FORTUNATELY, HE DIED BY SUICIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE OF 2 NC STATE STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD IS LIVE ON CAMPUS AFTER SPEAKING WITH ALICE'S PARENTS ABOUT THE LOSSES. KEENAN, I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THEIR MINDS. >> JUST A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION WITH THE GRIEVING PARENTS JUST HOURS AFTER THE LOSS OF THEIR SON, MASON FENCE, SOLACE, HE HAD DREAMS THINGS FOR THE FUTURE. HE STILL WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH. BUT THEIR WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND AT THIS POINT THEY'RE LEFT ASKING WHY? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT. >> WE MISSED. IF WE MISS ANYTHING AT ALL, WHY THERE WEREN'T ANY RED FLAGS. THERE WERE ANY INDICATORS THAT YOU KNOW, HE WAS GOING DOWN THE DECISION. PAPI WAS GOING WITH THIS. SO AND EVERYTHING WAS SO ON TRACK. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, HE HAD BIG PLANS. TONY SELLA SAYS HIS SON BEN HAD MANY FRIENDS AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LAUGH. A LIFELONG ATHLETE BEEN WAS NAMED MVP OF THE NC STATE RIFLE READ TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT. 2 DAYS LATER, HIS BODY WAS FOUND BY LAKE RALEIGH ON NC STATE'S CENTENNIAL CAMPUS. BEN HAD DIED BY SUICIDE, WHICH IS SHOCKED. >> SHE USED WERE DEVASTATED. >> WE'RE FOREVER CHANGED SOLACE. HIS PARENTS SAY HE HAD LONG-TERM GOALS. HE WAS TRANSFERRING TO WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY TO KEEP PURSUING RIGHT 40 AIMING TO ONE DAY COMPETE FOR TEAM USA IN THE OLYMPICS. HIS PARENTS SAY BEN HAD ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND NC STATE INCLUDING MANDATORY SESSIONS WITH THE TEAM PSYCHIATRIST. THEY SAY THEIR SON'S DEATH SHOWS HOW SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES CAN HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT. WE WERE INVOLVED. >> WE WERE HEAVILY PEOPLE. I TALKED TO MY SON EVERY OTHER DAY. I TOLD HIM 2 HOURS BEFORE HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. BUT HE SAID HE WAS FINE. YOU KNOW, WE WE LOOK FOR WE LOOKED FOR CLUES. YOU KNOW, WE ASKED PRESSING QUESTIONS. >> WE DID THE EMOTION AND JUST THE QUESTIONS THAT PERSIST FOR THIS FAMILY IN THE WAKE OF THE SUICIDE. AND AS WE KNOW, BEN WAS NOT ALONE, ANOTHER STUDENT COMMITTING SUICIDE ON NC STATE'S CAMPUS. JUST HOURS LATER AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY. YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE PARENTS TALKING ABOUT THE CULTURE HERE AT NC STATE AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS RASH OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR THE UNIVERSITY IN RECENT MONTHS AS WELL AS HOW THEY PLAN TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THEIR LATE SON. THAT'S ALL COMING UP AHEAD AT 7 O'CLOCK BACK TO YOU. >> SO HARD TO HEAR THAT. HE TALKED TO HIM JUST 2 HOURS BEFORE. ALL RIGHT, KEN, AND WHETHER REPORTING LIVE FOR US, THANK YOU. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IS IN CRISIS, YOU CAN DIAL 9, 8, 8, FOR THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE. AND FOR LIST OF CRISIS COUNSELING IN COUNTY BY COUNTY RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA. GO TO WRAL DOT COM

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Parents says they never saw any warning signs before NC State students suicide

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