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Later. he had just turned 19. and joining me now are xavier's parents, john sander and mary graft. thank you so much for joining us. i'm so sorry that we are here and that xavier is not, and that we're talking about him being gone here. can you just tell us a little bit about your son, who he was, and why he wanted to join the navy? >> he was a great boy. he was always a leader. he started off in martial arts at the age of 5. received his second degree black belt, moved on from all that, played quarterback all the way through high school, graduated and enlisted into the united states navy. fol...

>> not so much. he didn't reveal too much. he was too proud to say a lot was wrong. it was just, like, i don't like -- ship and basically too proud to say what was really going on there. >> did he tell you at all, john, that other sailors had died by suicide or suspected by suicide? he was the third in a week. >> he did not mention it. i did not know when we went to virginia to -- we found out that he had passed, and they didn't reveal that to me until i got home. and i saw some of the stories on the news. and it kind of made me angry. >> it made you angry. i think that's understandable. did -...