Every day, nine people take their lives in California. More than 200 people commit suicide on the Central and South Coasts annually. These are more than statistics for a three time Olympian, who battled mental health issues herself, and lost a brother to suicide.
KCLU’s Lance Orozco talks with the Olympian, who was the keynote speaker at a South Coast conference looking at ways to get the community more involved with preventing suicide.