Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, who was found dead in his downtown Nashville condominium last week and later declared the victim of a murder-suicide (his girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, was declared the perpetrator), filmed a youth suicide prevention public service announcement earlier this year.

According to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, the PSA was in post-production but has now been shelved.

I wonder if they’re ever going to air it? It seems appropriate to let some more time pass after this tragedy, but it would be a shame to never air it. McNair seemed to care a lot about children (The Steve McNair Foundation was founded in 2001 with the purpose of helping underprivileged children and made contributions to the Boys and Girls Club as well as encouraged the nation to donate for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts), and I think it’d be sort of sad if his final message to the youth of the nation were hidden away for good.

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