The former running back was taken to a hospital by emergency helicopter after a swimming accident in Florida, a relative said
Former National Football League running back Peyton Hillis is recovering at a hospital’s intensive care unit after jumping into Florida waters to save his children from drowning, according to media reports and his family.
A relative of Hillis told the local television news station KNWA – which is based in the retired player’s home state of Arkansas – that an emergency helicopter crew flew him to a hospital after a swimming accident on Wednesday in the popular vacation destination Pensacola. Hillis’s children reportedly almost drowned after the accident, but their father rescued them and they were physically unhurt.
Continue reading…The former running back was taken to a hospital by emergency helicopter after a swimming accident in Florida, a relative saidFormer National Football League running back Peyton Hillis is recovering at a hospital’s intensive care unit after jumping into Florida waters to save his children from drowning, according to media reports and his family.A relative of Hillis told the local television news station KNWA – which is based in the retired player’s home state of Arkansas – that an emergency helicopter crew flew him to a hospital after a swimming accident on Wednesday in the popular vacation destination Pensacola. Hillis’s children reportedly almost drowned after the accident, but their father rescued them and they were physically unhurt. Continue reading…