I was in the Walter Brown Arena locker room, I had all of my equipment on, including my number 24 jersey, and I was ready for my first college face-off against the North Dakota hockey team.
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Can you feel this?
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I was on the ice and I had lined up the defenseman from the opposing team with good and controlled speed.
Hi, son,
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Dad, I can’t feel anything.
Something happened and I blacked out for less than a second.
I’m sorry to say that Travis is a level C4-C5 quadriplegic.
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When I opened my eyes, I was lying face down on the ice, so one of the trainers came over, and moved my limbs, but I couldn't feel anything.
The only thing I wanted was to see my dad because he knew me the best.
As soon as my dad noticed I hadn't gotten up by now, he knew something was really wrong, so we headed to Boston City Hospital and found out life changing news.