In his two seasons with the Jets, Reuland played in 26 games and had 12 catches for 90 yards and no touchdowns. Every single guy in the locker room loves him.” “I just want to offer condolences to his family,” he added. “We lost a Raven today,” head coach John Harbaugh said as he delivered the news of his passing. Konrad’s death came as a complete surprise last December - shaking not only his friends and family to their core, but his coaches and teammates, as well. “I couldn’t be happier that it went to such a wonderful man.” “We lost a wonderful man, so it had to go into a wonderful person,” she explained to Rod at the time. Mary went on to say that she knew immediately after meeting Carew that he would be the perfect recipient for her son’s heart. “I will take care of this one because I’ve been given a second chance, and God knows how I feel and what I’m going to do for him.” “You’re part of our family now,” Mary remembered telling Carew after meeting him in person on March 2. 20, 2015 and doctors had warned Carew that the end would be near should he not get a transplant.Īfter a month of waiting, the boy he met all those years ago would wind up being the answer to his prayers - giving him the heart he needed, along with a new kidney. The first-ballot Hall of Famer and seven-time AL batting champ had been laid up in the hospital for more than a year, using an implant in his chest to keep his body functioning correctly as he recovered from life-threatening complications from a heart attack. 16, just three days after the 29-year-old passed away, the pair found themselves linked yet again - with Reuland being the next in line to give Carew the heart he so desperately needed.
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The encounter was a once-in-a-lifetime meeting that Reuland carried with him throughout his career as a professional athlete, his mother said.īut as fate would have it, it wouldn’t be the last time their lives would collide. “It was really kind of cute.” Konrad Reuland New York Jets “That’s how it was the whole rest of the day,” she told in an interview published Friday. “‘You know I met Rod Carew!’” Reuland’s mom, Mary, recalled him saying repeatedly after meeting the all-star infielder at school. He was just 11 years old when he and the Twins legend first crossed paths. The kid was Konrad Reuland, a former Jets and Ravens tight end whose unexpected death from a brain aneurysm shocked friends and teammates last year. All baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew needed was a new heart and a little hope - what he didn’t know was that a young boy he met almost 20 years ago would be the one to give it to him.
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