Gridiron Heroes began in 2003 and my husband got the chance to meet the founding member, Eddie Canales and his son Chris, in 2009. Chris played for San Marcos (TX) Baptist Academy, and sustained a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed in 2001 during the 4th quarter of the last regular season game during his senior year. Chris fought valiantly and was able to make a recovery, albeit a recovery that would see Chris have to learn to function as a quadriplegic. The next year, Chris and Eddie were attending the 3A state championship game and they witnessed another player sustain an injury. After learning how difficult the recovery period was, Chris, Eddie, and Chris' high school coach Mike Kipp were inspired to begin Gridiron Heroes in order to help others who sustain this injury. While football is a dangerous sport and the prospect of broken bones is always in the back of players' minds, many never think that a spinal cord injury could happen to them. I encourage you to check out this great organization. You can help or get involved by following this link:
http://www.gridironheroes.org/get-involved-donate.asp
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| 2009 Dallas Cowboys training camp http://www.gridironheroes.org |
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