>>TARIK MINOR: THE CHANCE TO JOIN OUR POSITIVELY JAX LITTLE BIT WHILE HELPING IN VETERAN
SUICIDE HERE IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA IS ALL MOST OF US IN 7
THIS MORNING WE’VE BEEN
CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE
FIRE WATCH. A LOCAL TRAIN
CIVILIANS TO PROTECT THOSE WHO
PROTECTED US, LET’S CHECK AND SEE HOW MANY NEW WATCHSTANDERS HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY 87 IT IS
THE
NUMBER THERE. AND 917 PEOPLE
HAVE SIGNED UP IN TOTAL WE
THANK YOU, BUT WE STILL NEED
MORE HELP JOINING US LIVE NOW
IS COUNCILMAN RORY DIAMOND.
THE FOUNDER OF FIRE WATCH
THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING
WE EXPLAIN THE FIRE WATCH FOR
PEOPLE WHO WHO MAY NOT KNOW
WHAT IT IS.
NOW A GREAT QUESTION SO THE
FIRE WATCHES NORTHEAST.
FLORIDA’S EFFORT TO FIGHT
VETERAN SUICIDE THERE’S OVER 20
VETERAN SUICIDES EVERY SINGLE
DAY IN AMERICA, I’M TELLING YOU
THERE’S NO ONE WHO’S GOING TO
COME AND SAY THIS IS ALL THIS
PROBLEM FOR US
SO WE NEED TO DO IT OURSELVES
AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE
DOING HOW DO YOU SAW VETERAN
SUICIDE WE LOVE OUR VETERANS WE
GET THEM RESOURCES WHEN THEY’RE
IN CRISIS,
WE’VE GOT TO WATCH IN A PROGRAM
WHICH TREES YOU EVERY SINGLE
PERSON NORTHEAST, FLORIDA.
HOW TO SEE A VETERAN WHEN
THEY’RE IN CRISIS AND HOW TO
GET THEM GOOD PLEASE JUMP OFF
THE SIDELINES WITH US BECOME A
WATCH AND
ARE TODAY. SO TELL ME ABOUT THE
NAME FIREWATCH SO WHAT DOES IT
MEAN HOW DID IT COME ABOUT.
EVERY
BRANCH OF THE MILITARY HAS THIS
PHRASE THE FIRE WATCH THAT
TYPICALLY MEANS THE PERSON WHO
IS WATCHING EVERYBODY’S BACK
WHY THEY’RE SLEEPING WHILE
THEY’RE VULNERABLE. AND THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE ASKING.
OUR FRIENDS IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA TO LOOK AFTER
VULNERABLE VETERANS WHEN
THEY’RE
IN CRISIS GET IN THE GAME WITH
US ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND ALSO TO BRING IN A HIGH 80
TO
THE INTERVIEW. AND HEIDI YOU
KNOW IF YOU JUST TALK TO US A
LITTLE YOU KNOW IT’S PERSONAL
THAT YOU DID LOSE A LOVED ONE.
BUT HOW DID FIRE WATCH HELP.
>> I LOST MY FATHER LAST YEAR.
AND FIRE WATCHES ACTUALLY QUICK TO REACH OUT TO ME TO KIND OF OFFER
ME RESOURCES. OBVIOUSLY
CONDOLENCES THAT THEY GOT ME IN
TOUCH THE VINCENT FOUNDATION.
WHICH THEN.
>> WITH THE HEARTACHE AND THE HURT THAT THEY HAVE GUIDED ME IN EVERY DIRECTION THROUGHOUT
THE PAST 14 MONTHS
OR SO.
>>TARIK MINOR: AND YOU KNOW IN
THAT FOR 2 MONTHS NOW YOU’RE
YOU’RE HELPING TO
HELP OTHERS TALKING HOW
FULFILLING THAT IS IN IN IN
WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW. WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOU KNOW EXPERIENCING SOME OF
THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU DID.
>> YES I WAS ACTUALLY JUST
TALKING WORRY. THE DEMONS TOOK
MY FATHER’S
LIFE BUT AND THEY TOOK HIS
VOICE SO MY MISSION NOW IS TO
BE THE VOICE THAT YOU LOST AND
BE THE VOICE THAT THE DEMONS
TOOK FROM HIM SO IF
I CAN HELP DO THAT BY GIVING
FAMILIES THE RESOURCE NOT BEING
AFRAID TO ASK IF A LOVED ONE IS SUICIDAL NOT TO BE ABLE TO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP.
THEN I FEEL LIKE I’M I HELPED
ONE FAMILY NIA I’M PROUD TO BE
WITH NICK AND RIGHT
FOR THAT.
>>TARIK MINOR: YOU ABSOLUTELY
HAVE HELPED MORE THAN ONE FEEL
YOU’RE HELPING DOZENS RIGHT NOW
WHAT DO
I MEAN WHAT WOULD YOU WANT
PEOPLE TO OUT THERE ABOUT
I MEAN THE SUICIDE AND IN
VETERANS IN WHAT OUR VETERANS
GO THROUGH MENTALLY AND THE
EFFECT IT HAS ON FAMILIES.
>> YEAH SO FAMILIES ARE YOU
SCARED LIKE I SAID TO TALK
ABOUT IT TO ASK THE QUESTION.
>> TO BE AFRAID THAT IF THEY ASK ABOUT IT IT’S GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND THAT’S THE
FARTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH
MY FAMILY WAS NO DIFFERENT.
BUT JUST BEING ABLE
LIBRARY SAID
LOVE OUR VETERANS AND OFFER
THEM THOSE RESOURCES EVEN IF
IT’S.
GETTING THEM IN TOUCH WITH
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT THERE IS
HELP. THAT SUICIDE DOESN’T HAVE
TO BE. THE
FINAL ANSWER AS EVERYBODY KIND
OF IT WATCHES THESE VIDEOS THAT
THEY’VE MADE AND SHED SOME
LIGHT ON WHAT SIGNS YOU CAN
LOOK OUT FOR
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE A
LIFE AND SAVE A FAMILY FROM
BEING IN
MY POSITION.
>>TARIK MINOR: HEIDI THANK YOU
SO MUCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COURAGE WORRY, THANK YOU AS
WELL FOR
THIS GROUP AND WE WANT TO THANK
ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
FIRE WATCH AND ALSO THANK THE
NEWEST WATCHSTANDERS WHO HAVE
TAKEN PART IN THIS POSITIVELY
JAX EFFORT FOLKS AT HOME IF YOU
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
FIRE WATCH IF YOU WANT TO
FIND OUT MORE HOW YOU CAN
BECOME A WATCH STANDER IT’S NOT
GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF
TIME BUT IT WILL MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE TO SOMEBODYS LIFE
YOU’VE GOT A STORY POSTED RIGHT