>> hudnall gets called into schools in the middle of a suicide crisis. that has not been easy. >> what do you recall the day that you responded to the fourth grader that took his life? >> not being able to prevent it. we found the body. the officer turned to me and said the mother's pulling up right now, and you need to do everything that you can, because it's now a crime scene. it was tough. >> for years hudnall had been trying to get state officials to do more about the suicide problem. >> i found out we didn't have one person on the state payroll that was full-time dedicated to suicide prevention. >> not one? >> not one. >> last year state representative stephen ellison led the charge in funding hope squads with tax dollars. the program, which began in just a few dozen schools, is now available to any utah school that wants it. 125 schools across the state so far. >> i'm happy with the progress we've made, but i'm not satisfied because we still have 500 people dying needlessly a year. when you look at traffic accidents, cancer, heart disease, we've at