superman7515
October 8th, 2015, 07:42 PM
For a news station the grammar is atrocious, but the kid didn't write it himself, so try work past that part.
http://wsav.com/2015/10/08/cancer-diagnosis-helping-fuel-ssu-football-player/ (http://wsav.com/2015/10/08/cancer-diagnosis-helping-fuel-ssu-football-player/)
Saturday night was a night to remember for Savannah State’s fans, and the entire SSU football team.
After 2 years, 24 straight losses, the Tigers finally brought home a victory.
One of the stars of that game, a Sophomore running back named Josh Berry, who totalled up 89 yards and his first collegiate touchdown.
Its a dream he almost didn’t realize after a doctor’s visit 4 years ago.
“He told me i had Leukemia a form of cancer and it just flew over my head,” said Josh Berry. “The first questions i asked him was i’m not going to be able to go to school or play ball anymore. I didn’t get the hints of the cancer. I finally broke it down and was like wow this is stuff people die from every day. But i didn’t let it get me down.”
Just 15 years old then, Josh Berry came face to face with his own mortality, and decided to fight back.
The weeks of chemotherapy, and experimental arsenic treatment, which would break down most people, were just another hurdle for Josh.
“During my chemotherapy i was doing all my major exercises,” said Berry. “Running, stuff like that lifting, whatever i could do.”
“(I was) hardheaded, basically. Mom was telling me I can’t do this or that. in my head i’m saying no i have to, Im not going to stop doing this. She had her reasons, and I had mine.”...
http://wsav.com/2015/10/08/cancer-diagnosis-helping-fuel-ssu-football-player/ (http://wsav.com/2015/10/08/cancer-diagnosis-helping-fuel-ssu-football-player/)
Saturday night was a night to remember for Savannah State’s fans, and the entire SSU football team.
After 2 years, 24 straight losses, the Tigers finally brought home a victory.
One of the stars of that game, a Sophomore running back named Josh Berry, who totalled up 89 yards and his first collegiate touchdown.
Its a dream he almost didn’t realize after a doctor’s visit 4 years ago.
“He told me i had Leukemia a form of cancer and it just flew over my head,” said Josh Berry. “The first questions i asked him was i’m not going to be able to go to school or play ball anymore. I didn’t get the hints of the cancer. I finally broke it down and was like wow this is stuff people die from every day. But i didn’t let it get me down.”
Just 15 years old then, Josh Berry came face to face with his own mortality, and decided to fight back.
The weeks of chemotherapy, and experimental arsenic treatment, which would break down most people, were just another hurdle for Josh.
“During my chemotherapy i was doing all my major exercises,” said Berry. “Running, stuff like that lifting, whatever i could do.”
“(I was) hardheaded, basically. Mom was telling me I can’t do this or that. in my head i’m saying no i have to, Im not going to stop doing this. She had her reasons, and I had mine.”...