J.J. Watt may have been born and bred in Wisconsin, but in 2017 it was Houston — his NFL home — that needed his help.
When Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area, it inflicted $125 billion in damages which ties it with Hurricane Katrina for the costliest tropical cyclone on record, and the human toll was crushing. The hurricane killed at least 107 people in the U.S. and displaced more than 30,000 people.
As we have seen again and again in our nation’s history, often times when disaster strikes, the sports community responds earnestly.
The Houston Texans defensive end sprung into action the day the storm struck Houston.