Shannon Pettypiece is senior policy reporter for NBC News digital.
In a swath of Arizona desert that will soon be home to a multi-billion dollar semiconductor plant, Justin Azbill stood before thousands of construction workers and told the story of the day he almost took his life. Pressure had been building on Azbill for months in his job as safety director for a large Boston construction firm during the height of the pandemic.
Near the end of the call, one of the participants began crying, talking about losing one of his best friends to Covid and shared how he was struggling with the loss. “I call that my clarity moment, it completely changed my mindset,” he said. “I realized, I can’t do that. I’m not going to do what I was thinking.” After the Zoom meeting, Azbill called a friend and shared that he was struggling.
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