Note: This story contains frank discussions of mental illness and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. For local resources, the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lane County lists ways that residents can get help now if needed.
When Rodger Deevers was 13 years old, he saw a black hole.
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