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Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month
Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month Three US Navy sailors stationed on the USS George Washington in Virginia, including one from Connecticut, died by suicide within seven days of each other this month, The Washington Post reports.  Fairfield County native Xavier Sandor, age 19, of Shelton, was found unresponsive aboard the ship in Newport News on Friday, April 15, The Post says. Two other sailors on the ship reportedly died by suicide on April 9 and 10. A fourth also died by suicide in 2021, the outlet says. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby addressed the deaths in a press conference this week. “Each death i…