who played basketball, the 14-year-old was set to make sure high school debut in the sport she loved tuesday night. 17-year-old madisyn baldwin in her senior year and accepted to several colleges, khrurg to her family. justin schilling was 17 years old and co-captain of the bowling team. he passed away at a hospital wednesday morning. and tate myre, star football player, he, too, was 17. he was smart. he could play well. he was really good at football. and he s really good at wrestling. and me and him used to joke around. me and him used to play. he used to have this cool smile. javon pittman describing the loss of his classmates. i can t see justin. i can t see two of my closest friends. tate was like a brother to me. and justin was, too.
children better deal with technology. fred? extraordinary, sarah, thank so much. i m glad these two young ladies are now thriving. thank you for joining me today, i m fredricka whitfield, the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta after a quick break. first in this week s the human factor, a young man s dream to become a star football player was derailed by tragedy. so he sought out another dream motivating another way in which to dream motivate others to be their best. here s dr. sanjay gupta. timothy alexander realized at a young age he was good at football. i wanted to grow up and play ball. not just play but have a career and do something for myself and my family. but his senior year in high school an accident changed everything. we hit a telephone poll, the
the banging, guns, the money, the killing, all of it. to thompson s cellmate and some time mentor, wasting such potential is the real crime. and that s something titus fisher was determined to see not happen to his own children. he moved his family from california to arizona to help them avoid a future of gang-banging i ve seen my son gettg ready to start when he was only 14. so, i hurried up and got him out of there. that s another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now he s straight-as. he hasn t got a b in, like, three years. he s straight-as. he s on the football team. star football player. so, he s on his way to do something. you know what i mean? thompson also has three children. but their future seems less certain. i had a son. he go bang what daddy bang. really, is that what you want for him? he ll have the same life. but if he choose the other way, hey, go ahead.
mother a school secretary. he went to the university of florida, became a star football player. won a national award at the university of florida for a tight end. first time the university had ever won that award. dropped out of college. drafted by the patriots in 2010. went on then in 2012 to get another contract for $40 million in total and a year after that murdered odin lloyd. always connected to trouble back in connecticut. never fully escaped a crowd he ran with there and ultimately again convicted of killing odin lloyd. thanks so much. joining us now is ben, nfl reporter and former ward of the jail. warden, let me start with you. i have to believe that aaron hernandez was the highest profile inmate in this facility. i have to believe they had their eye on him. so how does this happen?
the killing, all of it. to thompson s cellmate and some time mentor, wasting such potential is the real crime. and that s something titus fisher was determined to see not happen to his own children. he moved his family from california to arizona to help them avoid a future of gang-banging. i ve seen my son getting ready to start when he was only 14. so i hurried up and got him out of there. that s another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now he s straight-as. he hasn t got a b in, like, three years. he s straight as. he s on the football team. star football player. so he s on his way to do something. you know what i mean? thompson also has three children. but their future seems less certain. i had a son. he go bang what daddy bang. really, is that what you want for him? he ll have the same life. but if he choose the other way, hey, go ahead. for you it s not a negative