Football has become a Deadly Game
Pete Stenhoff, 17, a student at Chula Vista High School in Redmond, Calif., was hurt in a game during his junior year. He rammed his head into the ball carrier's chest. Stenhoff cracked vertebrae in his spine and now is confined to a wheelchair for life.
There are 20,000 injuries in high school football each year. 12 percent of them permanently disable the victims. Last year thirteen youths died.
"I knew the risks involved when I decided to play football," Stenhoff says, and adds, "I wish I would have known just how bad it could be."
At the time of the accident, he weighed 210 pounds; now he weighs 172 pounds. He didn't graduate with his class is and trying to get his diploma by taking correspondence courses.
1 comment:
Close, but keep the Stenhoff info together before you get into the broader story of how many football injuries there are every year.
Also, in your lead, tell me it was a football game that he was hurt in.
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