The ball-carrier from an opposing high school football team runs towards the goalpost. Pete Sternoff has the perfect opportunity to wrestle his opponent to the ground before he makes it...He leaps and braces for the contact...and his life changes right before his eyes.
Sternoff knew there were risks involved when he decided to play high school football. He didn't realize how serious they could be until that fateful game; the day he hit his head into the side of the opposing ball-carrier and cracked several vertebrae in his back.
Now confined to a wheelchair, Sternoff is not alone. Out of all of the 20,000 high school football related injuries that occur each year, roughly 35% involve injuries to the neck and head; 12% of all cases result in permanent damage. 13 youths died from football-related accidents last year alone.
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