13-year-old Cohen Craddock was a defence player in Friday football practice. After he had a collision with other teammates, he was knocked out. The little student of Madison Middle School in Madison, West Virginia suffered a brain bleed, and sadly, lost his life due to his fatal injuries.
Cohen’s father Ryan Craddock revealed that a day after the accident, his son passed away at the hospital. “You’re in disbelief,” the grieving father shared. “You wish it was a bad dream you could wake up from. It’s agony inside. I can’t put words to it. It’s terrible.”
Ryan described his late son as a kid who had a “heart of gold,” and loved being friends with other children in the field. “As a father, I couldn’t have been more proud,” Ryan said.
“I think with the Guardian Cap it could have been a little bit of a different outcome,” Ryan also commented. “And I would like to at least protect any and all the other kids that I can, starting at the county level, if I can move it on to the state or national level, to push for these kids to start wearing Guardian Caps at least in practice or however far they want to take it.”
“I’m just thinking if it saves one other family from the heartache that my family’s experiencing at the moment, it’ll all be worth it. I know Cohen would want this too. And he wouldn’t want me to wait or delay this.” The mourning father concluded.
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