Post by Funkytown on Oct 31, 2021 12:14:07 GMT -6
MINNESOTA VIKINGS RUNNING back Dalvin Cook woke up on Dec. 29, 2020, to a missed call from his father, James. That's weird, the running back thought about the call that came in before midnight. His dad knew he was asleep and never called that late.
Before Cook had a chance to dial his dad back, another oddly timed call came in from his grandmother Betty, while he was on his way to the Vikings' practice facility. He pulled over to the side of the road and sat in disbelief of the chaotic scene he watched unfold over FaceTime.
Moments before, Betty had found her son James, whom she lived with in Miami, lifeless in his bed. Cook's uncle Roosevelt frantically performed CPR on his brother, who wasn't responding.
Cook waited on the phone with his grandmother as painstaking minutes passed until the paramedics arrived. By then it was too late. At 46 years old, James was dead from complications from diabetes.
Cook watched as they wheeled his father's body out of the home, and he told his grandmother he would call her back. What he had just witnessed wasn't registering. Cook's father, his hero, was gone.
One by one, Cook called his mother, his running backs coach and his brothers and sisters to deliver the news.
Before Cook had a chance to dial his dad back, another oddly timed call came in from his grandmother Betty, while he was on his way to the Vikings' practice facility. He pulled over to the side of the road and sat in disbelief of the chaotic scene he watched unfold over FaceTime.
Moments before, Betty had found her son James, whom she lived with in Miami, lifeless in his bed. Cook's uncle Roosevelt frantically performed CPR on his brother, who wasn't responding.
Cook waited on the phone with his grandmother as painstaking minutes passed until the paramedics arrived. By then it was too late. At 46 years old, James was dead from complications from diabetes.
Cook watched as they wheeled his father's body out of the home, and he told his grandmother he would call her back. What he had just witnessed wasn't registering. Cook's father, his hero, was gone.
One by one, Cook called his mother, his running backs coach and his brothers and sisters to deliver the news.
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... and neither is this Chris guy.