Paralyzed ex-high school football star Rob Komosa has died, says a family spokesperson
March 18, 2013 (ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.) (WLS) -- A former high school football star who was paralyzed during practice 13 years ago has died.
Rob Komosa died of respiratory failure on Saturday night and his mother Barbara could not revive him, according to a family spokesperson.
Komosa fractured two vertebrae in 1999 after he was tackled into a unpadded steel fence post during practice for the Rolling Meadows High School football team.
The injury left him paralyzed from the chin down- and unable to breathe on his own. He was 18-years-old at the time.
A positive spirit and the support of family and friends helped Rob Komosa beat the odds and live more than 13 years after the accident.
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