ESCAPE
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Number 24 had a great run on this play, during the first game I shot Thanksgiving morning.
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But only seconds later, he collided head on with another player and 24 lay motionless on the frozen ground for what seemed centuries. We watched as he was covered in blankets as the ambulance siren could be heard in the distance. All the coaches and teammates gathered around the boy as he was finally placed on a stretcher and wheeled to the ambulance.
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We stood there in the cold, almost in tears as we saw the boy's head and neck being immobilized. So I was greatly relieved that I was able to shoot the photo that I'll put in the discussion area showing Damion raising an arm to give us a "thumbs up."
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He was treated later for a concussion. Bad enough, to be sure, but he was a lucky man on Thanksgiving Day--all things considered.
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Uploaded on December 04, 2013