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01-05-2007, 05:01 AM
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 — The tragedies happened long ago, nearly three decades, but an emotional callus has yet to fully form for the man over a boy’s wound. Jeff Garcia’s retellings are both matter of fact and wistful. They are spoken without tears but with hints of how unimaginable loss has contoured a life and a career now being celebrated here for unexpected victory.
Garcia said he was 7 years old in the late 1970s when his 6-year-old brother, Jason, drowned during a family camping trip in northern California. When Jeff was 8, his 5-year-old sister, Kimberly, tumbled out of the bed of a truck and sustained fatal head injuries.
“I think I’m very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected,” Garcia said Wednesday in a brief interview...
Complete article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/sports/football/05eagles.html?ex=1168664400&en=e61fe2e1421d6de8&ei=5065&partner=MYWAY
Garcia said he was 7 years old in the late 1970s when his 6-year-old brother, Jason, drowned during a family camping trip in northern California. When Jeff was 8, his 5-year-old sister, Kimberly, tumbled out of the bed of a truck and sustained fatal head injuries.
“I think I’m very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected,” Garcia said Wednesday in a brief interview...
Complete article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/sports/football/05eagles.html?ex=1168664400&en=e61fe2e1421d6de8&ei=5065&partner=MYWAY