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Super Bowl star was told he'd 'be a vegetable for life' after being born dead(Derick Hall)
Express UK ^ | 02/08/2025 | Matthew Neschis, Mikael McKenzie

Posted on 02/08/2026 7:01:19 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

---snip--- On March 19, 2001, Hall arrived four months prematurely and without a heartbeat before medics successfully revived him. After initially tipping the scales at 2 pounds, 9 ounces, he subsequently dropped even further to 1 pound, 13 ounces.

"It was a scary, scary time," Hall's mother, Stacy Gooden-Crandle, told Seahawks.com.

"He was born at 23 1⁄2 weeks, and it was a scary, scary time.

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1 posted on 02/08/2026 7:01:19 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

There are 18 states that allow abortion at 24 weeks. Just a clump of cells? Sick.

EC


2 posted on 02/08/2026 7:14:32 AM PST by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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To: Ex-Con777

I want to know more ...
Was it a religious hospital?
Brothers and sisters?
Father in home?
Etc


3 posted on 02/08/2026 8:20:54 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: Kid Shelleen

He was told this after being born dead? It must have been really seared into his memory...


4 posted on 02/08/2026 8:25:02 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Kid Shelleen

Bravo for making an edit to the title of your thread to allow your fellow Freepers to determine whether they gave a hoot without having to open your post (when not to do so would be tantamount to Click-Bait).

Nice work!


5 posted on 02/08/2026 8:29:54 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Kid Shelleen; All

Medical technology is getting so good that there’s actually no reason for anyone to have an abortion anymore. A pregnant mom who doesn’t want to have a baby can wait a few weeks and the kid can be delivered via C-section and nurtured until it can be adopted.


6 posted on 02/08/2026 8:31:29 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Remember to pray. )
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To: Ex-Con777

Very.


7 posted on 02/08/2026 8:35:00 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: No name given

Was there a Church in his growing up? We all know how the MSM loves to strip any God story away from articles


8 posted on 02/08/2026 8:55:34 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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