The Eagles made a greatly moving gesture this week, since they invited a survivor of the New Orleans terrorist attack to the Super Bowl Lix next Sunday.
Ryan Quigley suffered serious injuries during the New Year's Day terrorist attack, in which a terrorist led his car through multitudes of people in Bourbon Street, while his best friend and former Princeton football teammate, Tiger Bech It was one of the 14 people who lost their lives.
Quigley will now return to New Orleans while the Eagles face the Chiefs, since a couple of tickets were presented by the defensive wing Brandon Graham at a moving time.
In the clip, published in the Eagles official X accountGraham and Quigley share an emotional hug after the victim of terror accepted the team's invitation to go to the game.
Quigley shared that Bech was a big fan of the Eagles and that the couple went to all Eagles fans last season.
“After each victory … I told him that if we succeed, I promise that I will take you to the Super Bowl,” Quigley said. “So I would love anything but carry it.”
Ryan Quigley was presented with tickets by Brandon Graham for next week the Super Bowl
Quigley (right) was the best friend and former university teammate of Tiger Bech, who died in the terrorist attack
Quigley could also meet Jason Kelce during his visit to the Eagles facilities
Quigley and Tiger's sister, Ginnie, previously attended the victory of the Eagles division round over the Rams, and could meet several Eagles players, including Saquon Barkley and the legend of the Jason Kelce franchise.
Later they were invited to the facilities of the Eagles for a visit this week, before Graham surprised Qugley in a hall and told him that the purpose of the visit was to give him two tickets.
Like Quigley, Ginnie also got excited during the moving moment, since he gave Graham a hug and thanked the Eagles for allowing the Bech family to 'rewrite' the story of Tiger.
“I would have loved anything but being there, I will make sure that I am there,” Quigley added previously in the video. I am sharing its story.
Bech, 27, died on New Year's Day at a Hospital in New Orleans, according to local media citing Kim Broussard, Atlético director of St. Thomas More Catholic High.
He graduated from Princeton in 2021, and more recently he was working as an investment merchant in a New York Global Seaport brokerage firm.
The truck driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was shot in a shooting with the police after directing his truck at full speed around a barricade and hitting the crowd.
Some 30 people were injured.