NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – When Marc Buoniconti heard about the devastating spinal cord injury that Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand suffered a little more than a week ago, he called his doctor and started asking questions.
“Did they use the hypothermia therapy?” “How is he?” “Is there anything we can do?”
If anyone knows the tough road ahead that LeGrand faces, it’s Buoniconti.
The son of a former Miami Dolphins Dolphins linebacker, Buoniconti suffered a spinal cord injury exactly 25 years ago Tuesday, making a tackle for the Citadel in a game against East Tennessee State.
He has been confined to a wheelchair for the last quarter of a century, but his story is one of hope that he wants to relay to LeGrand.
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