Thousands of people showed up at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee to pay tribute to Steve McNair in a memorial. Derrick Mason, current receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, who was McNair's teammate with the Tennessee Titans and Ravens, spoke at the memorial. Jeff Fisher, current head coach of the Titans and McNair's head coach with the Titans for 11 years, also spoke at the memorial. Many of his former teammates, including Eddie George, Frank Wycheck, and Jevon Kearse showed up, in addition to current players on the team like Vince Young.
I think that it is important for people who knew McNair best, such as Mason, Fisher and other former teammates and friends, to remember him for what he was for most of his life. McNair certainly made a mistake misinforming his wife of their relationship, and having a relationship with another woman. However, no one deserves to be killed that way. McNair found himself messing with someone who wasn't mentally stable. It's sad that she wanted to take away someone's life in addition to committing suicide.
People who have suicidal thoughts should seek counseling or should see guidance from family and loved ones. If that doesn't work, they should not be inclined to take away the life of someone else just because they're going to take away their own life. A situation similar to this happened in 1989 when Major League Baseball pitcher Donnie Moore shot his wife three times but wasn't successful at killing her. Shortly after, he ended up committing suicide with his sons in the house. Moore was looking to take himself out and his wife, which is wrong. Don't make another family suffer for something you want to do to yourself.
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