DALLAS — On January 23, 2018, Martha and Chris Thomas lost their daughter, Ella, to suicide. Their son, NFL defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, lost his little sister — and his best friend.

“I couldn’t imagine losing two kids,” Martha said. “I was barely standing after losing one.”

For Solomon, the months that followed were suffocating.

“Looking back, it doesn’t really feel like I got through it,” he said. “It just felt like I was surrounded by a bunch of darkness, trying to understand what life was anymore… some of the worst weeks and months of my life.”

As Solomon spiraled inward, his parents worried each day that tragedy would beget tragedy.

“I was petrified that we were going to lose him too,” Martha reflected.

Having just finished his rookie season with the 49ers, Solomon was deal

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