The former Princeton football player Ryan Quigley, was seriously injured and lost his best friend and teammate, Tiger Bech, in the violent terrorist attack in New Orleans on January 1. But Quigley will have the opportunity to write this tragic story on his return next weekend as an honorary guest of Eagles of Philadelphia.
The Eagles invited the sister of Quigley and Bech to attend their divisional round match against the Rams of Los Angeles last month, but this week, they invited him to their training center with the intention to surprise him with Super Bowl Lix Tickets.
File – Princeton, Ballon carrier Ryan Quigley (25) carries the ball for a touch in the second period during the match between the Columbia Lions and Princeton Tigers on October 5, 2019 at Princeton Stadium in Princeton, NJ. (Kyle Ross / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“We want to tell you the real reason why we have brought you here,” said the defensive winger of the Eagles, Brandon Graham, in a video shared by the team. “It’s good if you don’t feel it, but we would be delighted to have you for the Super Bowl.”
This year’s Super Bowl will be organized by the city of New Orleans. It will take place a little more than a month after the attack. Quigley will return to the city, which he has sworn not to do again again.
“New Year’s Eve was my first time in New Orleans, it was my first night, and I thought it would be the last,” he told the team’s website. “But then I thought about it, because all year round, I said to Tiger if the Eagles were doing the Super Bowl this year, I promised him that I was going to take him, and he is from Louisiana. “”
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“I think that not let evil win and evil will not prevail. Him until Super Bowl.
Quigley, 26, suffered broken legs in the leg, rear and face and has undergone surgery and several days in the hospital to recover from a horrible terrorist attack on Bourbon Street which killed 14 people and injured dozens of others.
File – Ryan Quigley by Princeton (25) in track before a match against Yale at Powers Field. Princeton, NJ November 16, 2019. (Erick W. Rasco / Sports Illustrated / Getty Images)
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He hopes that his presence will allow him to share the story of Bech, something he plans to continue to do no, matters where he is going.
“All that the Eagles have done by being around the facilities today and the division tour, to help us share its story, there are no words to describe it. We are eternally grateful to have the ‘opportunity to say to the rest of the world how much Tiger was.
“Everyone I meet in the future, I also want to present Tiger, because of his specialty and the quantity of character he had,” he added.
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“He had no problem to love anywhere in the world and to integrate into different cultures. And he was just a super balanced person with a ton of qualities that I will make sure that people know for the rest of my life.
The Eagles and the chiefs will meet in the Super Bowl Lix on February 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
