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 | | Subject: Spence says he's optimistic, has 'total confidence' in future Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:11 am | |
| By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sean Spence, meet Rocky Bleier. Fifteen years from now, Spence could be earning a living by traveling the country and retelling his inspirational story.
He could take some inspiration of his own from the story that is Bleier's. Granted, Spence's tale does not contain the drama of Bleier's, whose foot was mangled by shrapnel in a Vietnamese jungle. Spence's knee was blown up on home ground at Heinz Field as the rookie linebacker chased down a quarterback.
Yet, their long, seemingly impossible comeback attempts in football parallel one another. Bleier's was a miracle. Spence's is still a possible miracle in the making.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/07/28/Steelers-3rd-year-linebacker-Sean-Spence-to-take-biggest-step-yet/stories/201407280088#ixzz38rnFBm7P
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