EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A life cut short after years of battling mental health illness and addiction.
12 Sports Director Sam Knox lost his brother Nicholas Tshonas to an opioid overdose last year.
“I think a lot about him when I’m working out and just about the times we had together, him with God, and I think of him in a safe place, and I think he’s OK now,” Sam said.
Although he was a varsity hockey player, golfer, and honor roll student with a successful career, it was something Sam said was building for years…