END OF QUOTE. COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE UPSTATE WERE ABLE TO GET IN-DEPTH SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING IN HOPES OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. CARLOS FLORES SAT DOWN ON A CLASS. SOME STUDENTS EXPLAIN THEIR REASON FOR STOPPING BY. ABOUT EVERY 11 MINUTES SOMEONE TAKES THEIR LIFE. AND WITH IT BEING NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, LEADERS WITH LANDI UNIVERSITY WANTED TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN LIFE SAVING SKILLS THAT CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF US. MENTAL ILLNESS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. CPR, THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER. AND FIRST AID ALL LIFE SAVING SKILLS. WE KNOW. BUT KATHY ECKERT, WITH THE CRISIS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, A GREENVILLE COUNTY, SAYS THERE’S ONE MORE SKILL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. COUPLE. IT STANDS FOR QUESTION PERSUADE AND REFER STEPS THAT COULD STOP SOMEONE YOU KNOW FROM MAKING A LIFE CHANGING DECISION. SO GIVING THEM TOOLS THAT THEY CAN USE AND TOOLS TO GO FORWARD AND AND TALK TO INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE. IT’S A WIN WIN BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO BE BETTER, MORE READY FOR THE JOB MARKET. EACH STUDENT CAME WITH THEIR OWN REASON. MY BROTHER ACTUALLY TAKING HIS LIFE. I’VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES OF MENTAL HELP BUT LAUGH WHERE THE COMMON MISSION TO HELP SOMEONE THEY LOVE. HOPEFULLY THEY GAIN SOME KNOWLEDGE HERE. THEIR EYES ARE MORE OPEN TO WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THEIR COHORTS OR THEIR FAMILIES OR PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW SO THAT HEALS ON THE GROUND. THEY CAN TALK TO PEOPLE AND SAVE LIVES. I’VE BEEN THERE, BUT THERE IS THERE IS A WAY OUT. I HOPE I CAN HELP A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WANTED TO HELP THEM IN.