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Daily approximately 123 Americans die by suicide. One death in the U.S. by suicide occurs every 12 minutes. Yearly, 44,965 Americans die by suicide and worldwide, 800,000 people die by suicide. Globally, that results into one death every 40 seconds. (sav.org/about suicide) What about the effects of suicide? It is fair to say that at least two people are impacted. Daily 246 fathers and mothers are informed of the tragic death of their child. Annually, in the U.S. there are 539,580 dads and moms who suffer the loss of a child and worldwide, there are 1,600,000. When you add other family members, friends, peers, co-workers the numbers soar. Death by suicide is not an isolated incident. Marshal Adler knows first-hand the impact of suicide. On July 22, 2018 his 32-year-old son, Matthew took his own life. Marshal will share with us Matthew’s life and how his dream career was becoming a reality. He’ll also disclose a haunting conversation they had 13 days before his death.