McNair taped suicide prevention PSA
July 9, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Tennessee state officials say they had been preparing ayouth suicide prevention public service announcement featuring former NFLquarterback Steve McNair(notes) before he was shot and killed last week.
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilitiessays it’s shelving the 60-second television spot, which hasn’t yet aired.
The department issued a statement Thursday saying “broadcasting it now isnot only inappropriate but doesn’t serve the community.”
Department spokeswoman Jill Hudson said McNair taped the spot in April, andproducers had been doing post-production work in hopes of using the announcementsometime this year.
Police say a 20-year-old girlfriend of McNair’s shot and killed him on July4 before killing herself in Nashville.
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