TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Discussing suicide awareness is something experts believe could possibly prevent another tragedy.
And one survivor is using a unique platform to spread that message about Daniel's Drive.
WTXL's Jada Williams was live to discuss the message.
If you see a group of Jeep's driving by with these magnets on them, that's Sarah Villarreal on her journey to San Antonio.
The drive is called Daniel's Drive, and they're using it and the hashtag no more 22 to raise awareness about the large number of military suicides.
Suicide is top of mind right now following the deaths last week of two celebrities by their own hand.
One woman is raising awareness about the rising number of military men and women ending their lives.
Villarreal said that "We lose 22 soldiers everyday to suicide because of mental health and the battles that they face."
Her husband took his life almost two years ago. Now she's driving from Tallahassee to San Antonio to visit his grave, and she's raising awareness every mile.
"We're going to be picking up Jeep groups along the way," she said. "We're kind of creatng a convoy to show the men and women still fighting that we've got their back."
Jeep Groups are people brought together not only by their cars, but also by a shared interest to save lives.
"Therapy doesn't work for everybody, but the solidarity that comes with these Jeep Groups means everything and it really is therapy," she said.
For Villareal, that therapeutic feeling came the day she met her group.
"Nineteen months to the day after my husband passed, I went on a trail with some of these guys and I looked in the rearview mirror and I saw myself again," she said.
Groups like Jeepers Preventing Suicide and Four Wheels to Heal are working to see more stories of healing like Villareal's, but also an alternative method to save those soldiers on the brink of suicide.
Villarreal is leaving from San Luis Recreational Park at 8 a.m. Monday.
Jeep driver or not, you're invited to join that convoy.
