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Bobby Roundtree suffers severe spinal injury
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<blockquote data-quote="Juju" data-source="post: 1468010" data-attributes="member: 288153"><p>I mainly lurk on this board, but I have to post this. A few months ago, I was on campus, homeless and completely broke. I had to get to a doctor's appointment, but had no money to take the bus. I had to resort to asking people for a dollar. Everyone I asked either ignored me like I was a piece of human trash or rudely told me no. I was about to give up, but I decided to ask one more person. A tall black man was walking my direction and when I asked him for the dollar, he immediately reached into his wallet, pulled out a $5, and told me to get something to eat with it in addition to getting on the bus. He was in Illini gear and I told him he looked familiar and asked if he played for the football or basketball team. He said the football team and when I asked him his name, he told me Bobby Roundtree. I thanked him and told him I'd be rooting for him this coming season. Now I'm rooting for him to make a complete recovery, football being secondary. When nobody seemed to give a damn about my situation, Bobby Roundtree did and I'll never forget that. Just wanted to post this to let everyone know the kind of character this kid has.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juju, post: 1468010, member: 288153"] I mainly lurk on this board, but I have to post this. A few months ago, I was on campus, homeless and completely broke. I had to get to a doctor's appointment, but had no money to take the bus. I had to resort to asking people for a dollar. Everyone I asked either ignored me like I was a piece of human trash or rudely told me no. I was about to give up, but I decided to ask one more person. A tall black man was walking my direction and when I asked him for the dollar, he immediately reached into his wallet, pulled out a $5, and told me to get something to eat with it in addition to getting on the bus. He was in Illini gear and I told him he looked familiar and asked if he played for the football or basketball team. He said the football team and when I asked him his name, he told me Bobby Roundtree. I thanked him and told him I'd be rooting for him this coming season. Now I'm rooting for him to make a complete recovery, football being secondary. When nobody seemed to give a damn about my situation, Bobby Roundtree did and I'll never forget that. Just wanted to post this to let everyone know the kind of character this kid has. [/QUOTE]
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