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"USC senior cornerback Josh Shaw has been sidelined indefinitely after suffering two high ankle sprains while saving his 7-year-old nephew from drowning.
According to USC’s RipsIt Blog, Shaw was attending a function at his cousin’s apartment when he looked down from the second-floor balcony and saw his 7-year-old nephew, who cannot swim, had fallen in the pool and was struggling to stay afloat. With total disregard for personal safety, Shaw jumped off the balcony and landed on the concrete below (we assume feet first considering the ankle sprains).
He then crawled into the pool, grabbed his nephew and got him to safety. Then, even though both of his legs were in immense pain, he was able to get to the pool ladder and pull himself out of the pool.
"I would do it again for whatever kid it was, it did not have to be my nephew," Shaw told the blog. "My ankles really hurt, but I am lucky to be surrounded by the best trainers and doctors in the world. I am taking my rehab one day at a time, and I hope to be back on the field as soon as possible."
We’ve heard of some amazing stories of valor before, but this one has to be right up there. To instinctively leap from a second-story balcony, risking great personal injury, is heroic and unbelievable. As coach Steve Sarkisian points out, not many people would have taken that leap.
"That was a heroic act by Josh, putting his personal safety aside. But that's the kind of person he is,” Sarkisian told the blog. “It is unfortunate that he'll be sidelined for a while and we will miss his leadership and play, but I know he'll be working hard to get back on the field as soon as possible."
Shaw was named team captain this past weekend at the Salute to Troy dinner and he definitely exudes leadership on and off the field. Hopefully when he returns to the field, Trojan fans — and college football fans in general — will give him a standing ovation for his bravery."
Now This
"Sarkisian said during his press conference on Tuesday that the school received several calls contradicting Shaw’s version of events and that the school is vetting the story.
"Within the last few hours or so, we've gotten a few phone calls contradicting what Josh said occurred Saturday night, so we're going to continue to vet it," Sarkisian said. "We're looking at it, but beyond that, I only know what I know and Josh is adamant with what occurred and we'll continue to vet some of the other stories that have come across our desk and come across our phones and see if we can go from there."
Shaw told USC’s official blog, USCRipsIt.com, that he had been at a family party when he was standing on the second-floor balcony, looked down and saw his 7-year-old nephew struggling in the pool. Without regard to personal safety, Shaw said he jumped from the balcony, landed on the concrete below, suffered two high ankle sprains, crawled to the pool, rescued the boy and somehow managed to pull himself out of the water as well.
What a fantastic and heroic story, right? Too bad it might not be what really happened.
USC is in serious damage control mode right now as it tries to disseminate fact from fiction, but Sarkisian is sticking by Shaw saying he’s never given the coaching staff any reason to doubt what he says to be true.
"Josh Shaw is a good person, he's a good kid," Sarkisian said. "He came to us with what had occurred Saturday night and I have no reason, no history to not believe Josh and his story and what has occurred."
This would be a real bummer for the USC program, especially since it named Shaw a captain this past weekend. Shaw’s ankle injuries will keep him sidelined an indefinite amount of time and he’s found to have massaged the truth as to how the injury occurred, well, he might not want to get back on the field at all.
Sarkisian told media he would give an update once the program had completed its review of the events.
“I think it’s important to know your team, I think it’s important to know your players,” Sarkisian said. “Like I said, Josh Shaw has been a good leader for us. He’s given me no reason not to believe what he has told us that occurred, but you need to know. I think it’s important to know the direction that we head in.”
"USC senior cornerback Josh Shaw has been sidelined indefinitely after suffering two high ankle sprains while saving his 7-year-old nephew from drowning.
According to USC’s RipsIt Blog, Shaw was attending a function at his cousin’s apartment when he looked down from the second-floor balcony and saw his 7-year-old nephew, who cannot swim, had fallen in the pool and was struggling to stay afloat. With total disregard for personal safety, Shaw jumped off the balcony and landed on the concrete below (we assume feet first considering the ankle sprains).
He then crawled into the pool, grabbed his nephew and got him to safety. Then, even though both of his legs were in immense pain, he was able to get to the pool ladder and pull himself out of the pool.
"I would do it again for whatever kid it was, it did not have to be my nephew," Shaw told the blog. "My ankles really hurt, but I am lucky to be surrounded by the best trainers and doctors in the world. I am taking my rehab one day at a time, and I hope to be back on the field as soon as possible."
We’ve heard of some amazing stories of valor before, but this one has to be right up there. To instinctively leap from a second-story balcony, risking great personal injury, is heroic and unbelievable. As coach Steve Sarkisian points out, not many people would have taken that leap.
"That was a heroic act by Josh, putting his personal safety aside. But that's the kind of person he is,” Sarkisian told the blog. “It is unfortunate that he'll be sidelined for a while and we will miss his leadership and play, but I know he'll be working hard to get back on the field as soon as possible."
Shaw was named team captain this past weekend at the Salute to Troy dinner and he definitely exudes leadership on and off the field. Hopefully when he returns to the field, Trojan fans — and college football fans in general — will give him a standing ovation for his bravery."
Now This
"Sarkisian said during his press conference on Tuesday that the school received several calls contradicting Shaw’s version of events and that the school is vetting the story.
"Within the last few hours or so, we've gotten a few phone calls contradicting what Josh said occurred Saturday night, so we're going to continue to vet it," Sarkisian said. "We're looking at it, but beyond that, I only know what I know and Josh is adamant with what occurred and we'll continue to vet some of the other stories that have come across our desk and come across our phones and see if we can go from there."
Shaw told USC’s official blog, USCRipsIt.com, that he had been at a family party when he was standing on the second-floor balcony, looked down and saw his 7-year-old nephew struggling in the pool. Without regard to personal safety, Shaw said he jumped from the balcony, landed on the concrete below, suffered two high ankle sprains, crawled to the pool, rescued the boy and somehow managed to pull himself out of the water as well.
What a fantastic and heroic story, right? Too bad it might not be what really happened.
USC is in serious damage control mode right now as it tries to disseminate fact from fiction, but Sarkisian is sticking by Shaw saying he’s never given the coaching staff any reason to doubt what he says to be true.
"Josh Shaw is a good person, he's a good kid," Sarkisian said. "He came to us with what had occurred Saturday night and I have no reason, no history to not believe Josh and his story and what has occurred."
This would be a real bummer for the USC program, especially since it named Shaw a captain this past weekend. Shaw’s ankle injuries will keep him sidelined an indefinite amount of time and he’s found to have massaged the truth as to how the injury occurred, well, he might not want to get back on the field at all.
Sarkisian told media he would give an update once the program had completed its review of the events.
“I think it’s important to know your team, I think it’s important to know your players,” Sarkisian said. “Like I said, Josh Shaw has been a good leader for us. He’s given me no reason not to believe what he has told us that occurred, but you need to know. I think it’s important to know the direction that we head in.”
