Retired New England Patriot linebacker Tully Banta-Cain joined state leaders at the Rhode Island State House on 988 Day Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, to highlight the state’s robust uptake of the suicide prevention and crisis help hotline. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
The calls may come from teens hiding inside high school bathroom stalls, from overwhelmed parents or from widows or widowers now living alone….