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Softball family honors one of their own, focusing on suicide prevention
WRAL Sports' Louis Fernandez shows you what it looks like when a family comes together to help one of their own. This story does mention and deal with suicide.
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WRAL Sports' Louis Fernandez shows you what it looks like when a family comes together to help one of their own. This story does mention and deal with suicide.
2 YEARS AGO. HE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTION. >> WHEN YOU GROW UP PLAYING SOFTBALL IN NORMALLY MEANS PLAYING FOR MORE THAN ONE TEAM PLAYING AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE PLAYING TRAVEL BALL. YOU GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS, PARENTS AND COACHES WRL'S LUIS FERNANDEZ SHOWS US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN. >> THAT TYPE OF FAMILY COMES TOGETHER TO HELP ONE OF THEIR OWN. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS STORY DOES MENTION AND DEAL WITH SUICIDE. >> TEAMS NORMALLY EXCHANGE LINEUP CARDS BEFORE A SOFTBALL GAME. PREJUDGE COMING OUT TO THE PARENTS TO MOVE NOT BUT THIS EVENING, NORTH JOHNSTON AND SPRING CREEK, ONE OF THE TREAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. A STICKER. IN HONOR OF A PLAYER, A PART OF THIS SOFTBALL FAMILY. IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY LIKED IT NUTS. EVERY BUYS 5 FAMILY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING THIS FOR AUBREY FOR A 14 YEAR-OLD AT TRITON HIGH SCHOOL DIED BY SUICIDE IN FEBRUARY. >> THE YOUNGEST OF 4 SISTERS WHO ALL PLAYED SOFTBALL GROWING UP. AND COACH DAVID HORNE SAYS SHE WAS RAISED ON THE THAT USED TO CALL HER AND THE LITTLE KIDS TO RUN AROUND THE SANDBOX KIDS WHAT THEY CALL THEM CAN. THEY WERE ALWAYS. >> THEY COME UP TO YOU AND THEY WOULD BE SO DIRTY. SO MUDDY. >> IT'S REALLY HARD TO BE HONEST WITH WE JUST MAY ALLOW FOR JUST TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. YOU KNOW, I'M ASHLEY BEING THE BABY. YOU KNOW. >> HORN SAYS AUBREY HEAD EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHICH HAS BECOME MORE COMMON IN YOUNG PEOPLE. A RECENT STUDY, THE CDC SAYS THE SUICIDE RATE IN PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 TO 24 INCREASED BY 62% FROM 2007 TO 2021, WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HELP KIDS WITH THAT HELP PARENTS AT THE DIA. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. >> WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO SOFTBALL. THERE WAS A TOURNAMENT HELD IN AUBREY'S NAME IN MARCH AND THE STICKERS MEANT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FAMILY AND SPREAD AWARENESS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION RHONDA SCOTT IN NORTH JOHNSTON, MOM HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE MOMENT. WELL, WE JUST GOT A GREAT TO ME. IT BALL COMMUNITY, NO MATTER. IT IS NO JOHNSTON HOSPITAL OR SPRING CREEK PASCO. >> HIS THIS SIMPLE AS THAT. IT IS REALLY FAMILY. MY THING IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SOMEBODY. NO, JUST CHECK ON PEOPLE. YOU LOVE AND JOY, THE SAME KIND OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE AFTER ALL. >> THAT'S WHAT FAMILIES FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A LIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP. YOU KNOW, HER NAME ALIVE JUST HER PASSION ALIVE. LUIS FERNANDES, WRAL, SPORTS. >> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN NEED OF HELP, YOU CAN DOLLARS SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT 9, 8, 8 FOR FREE