COLUMBUS, Ohio — Craig Wolfley knelt near his fallen Steelers’ teammate whose body was twitching involuntarily from a frightening collision in a training-camp drill four decades ago.
The former guard, who played 12 NFL seasons, could see the fear in the young man’s eyes. He could hear him say, “I can’t feel my legs.”
The two-a-day practice in Latrobe came to a temporary halt as medical trainers rushed onto the field to treat a spinal cord injury.
“It’s one of those moments that takes your breath away,” said Wolfley, who declined to reveal the player’s name out of respect, but added that he made a complete recovery.