Daily News | All too familiar with grief, Chester High football players reach out to Roxborough
Chester High School senior Colin Ferrell recognized the expressions staring back at him when he and his fellow football captains visited Roxborough High and its players a few days after assailants shot and killed their 14-year-old teammate, Nick Elizalde, and wounded four othersAt just 17 years old, Ferrell has already become well acquainted with the pain and loss that death brings, but he still wasn’t quite sure what to expect when he walked into Roxborough High School.
Farlow-Davis was just 13 years old. Ferrell was 14 then. They had played football together for the Chester Panthers youth team. Ferrell was the quarterback. Farlow-Davis was a star receiver. His teammates and coaches, however, eventually helped him emerge with new perspectives, new thoughts about life, and plans for his future.
She realizes now that it likely wasn’t his intent, but those words made her assume those were the only options available. When left to their own devices after a traumatic experience, she added, some will assume that bad things will continue to beget more bad things. “It completely changed the way I think,” he said. It also meant more appreciation for his mother, Toni Ferrell.
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