Injured Thrower

Bill Pendleton · Jun 13th 2014

Last Saturday one of our shot putters, Will Truong, finished 3rd in the state in the shot put ( 62' 4.5 ). He also has an appointment to the West Point prep school. On Monday he was at a friend's house getting ready for final senior activities. He attempted a back flip on a trampoline and suffered a broken neck. On Tuesday and Thursday they operated on him to stabilize his neck. The good news is he can move his arms and hands, feel contact on his feet and legs and can move his foot up and down already. He faces a long road to recovery but he is a tremendously hard working kid with a great personality. He was one of our captains. If you'd like to contribute to a fund for Will:

WILL TRUONG FUNDRAISER | Other - YouCaring.com

Thanks
CP

Dylan Wilson · Jul 20th 2015

Hey Bill,
I just found this thread and its tragic...
how is the recovery coming along?
Almost $20,000 was funded... that's good, even though it probably won't cover all the costs..

Dirk Walsh · Jul 20th 2015

Oh... thank you Dylan for getting this thread out of the "dust"...
Too bad i have not seen it earlier.

@Bill Pendleton I bet it would be best if anything like this happens we need to try and make more noise, maybe even asking @Florian van Dijck or @Norm Zylstra to put it up the website?

Florian van Dijck · Jul 20th 2015

Quote from Dirk Walsh

@Bill Pendleton I bet it would be best if anything like this happens we need to try and make more noise, maybe even asking Florian van Dijck or @Norm Zylstra to put it up the website?

Thank you for tagging me. Of course, if Throwholics can help in any kind please just contact me. We are not just there for news reporting or such. We also wanna help were we can to create awareness.

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