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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Hero
He retired August 31 after 13 years in the NFL... All of them for New England. But despite calling the defensive signals throughout 8 Pro Bowl seasons, including three Super Bowl victories, his most remarkable season was 2005... The year in which Tedy Bruschi suffered a stroke following a Pro Bowl appearance, battled back within 8 months to retake the field & achieve "Comeback Player of the Year." And established a team of his own:
Every year, it's a weekend of emotional ambiguity marking two medical anniversaries with totally different outcomes.
More recently, a life saving surgery. In the distance, a reminder that one of the few potentially life saving amateur tools in which the public is trained fails 9 of 10 times.
The painful truth is that your best may not be enough to save a loved one. But because they are a loved one, you try... And live with the memory through your Sadderdays.
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