Forty years ago today, #Chiefs running back Joe Delaney gave up his life for three total strangers.
June 29, 1983. A trio of boys got into a man-made pond at a park in Delaney’s home state of Louisiana. They struggled. Delaney did not hesitate to try to help:
“I can’t swim good, but I’ve got to save those kids,” Joe Delaney said as he headed for the water. “If I don’t come up, get somebody.”
One of the boys made it to safety. Two others drowned. Joe Delaney drowned, too, leaving behind a wife and three young daughters.
He was only 24.
Today, we remember Joe Delaney, a HERO who gave up his life for others. You will never be forgotten, Joe.
(Via @ProFootballTalk)