Elijah

[ladypanther]

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 Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton wears several wristbands on his left arm, but one held more significance than the others Wednesday.

It was the one he got at a Halloween block party he crashed in September to surprise 10-year-old Elijah Aschbrenner.

The band says, "Prayers for Elijah" and "Never give up."

Elijah died Tuesday night of a rare form of cancer.

"Man, I didn't even want to talk about it just out of respect to him, but ... it's crazy just to think back of a person who is so young but his heart was huge," Newton said.

 

 

[rayzor]

sad but very cool story. you have a link for it?

[Ivan The Awesome]

 

Rest in Peace lil Elijah. 

[Kevin Greene]

2 minutes ago, Rowdy said:

https://twitter.com/jjones9/status/664428971145207808

Welcome to Teh Huddle.

[Kevin Greene]

We are  so very fortunate to have a Franchise Player who's priorities are in such a good place.

[TylerDurden]

Thought and prayers with his family.  Just a sad story and one of those things that you just can't make any sense of.

 

Good job, Cam.

[bLACKpANTHER]

damn. sending prayers for just a moment of peace during this terrible time. I have a 10 yr old boy myself and cant even imagine. i just cant even..

[wud35]

Prayers for family during this very tough time. Couldn't even imagine how hard this could be on them. 

[ThPantherFan]

Thanks, LadyPanther, for that information. 

[Sam Mills Fan]

You guys should really check out the whole transcript, it's something special. I'll never understand why so many still hate Cam.

[PhillyB]

awful. i love that cam put out the effort of his own accord... huge for that kid and his parents will never forget it.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Dammit.  I hate it when stories like this end this way.

[ladypanther]

1 hour ago, rayzor said:

sad but very cool story. you have a link for it?

sorry....forgot about link

http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/16994/cam-newton-wears-a-wristband-that-is-a-constant-reminder-of-10-year-old-elijah

[ladypanther]

Can't imagine what his parents are going through.  My heart goes out to them.