Christopher Heitzman: August 2014

August is starting out pretty great, we were invited to the Atlanta Falcons training camp, where we received the royal treatment, many thanks to Authur Blank and Angie Macuga for their wonderful hospitality. We spent time with the players on and off the field and we were given a special tour of the facilities with Angie and Mr. Blank as our guides. What a day topped off with dinner with the players and our hosts.

Here we are being followed by the Hard Knocks film crew, with Angie hanging off the back.

Christopher enjoying the ride

Julio Jones in the dining facilities

WHAT A DAY

As we were riding around on the field, Mr Blank introduced us to several of the players and coaches. Coach Smith and Gary Zingler played football together at East Tennessee State. So Coach Smith asked us to give Gary a big hello.

Christopher kept pointing up on the hillside as we were riding on the field. Mr Blank asked Christopher several times if he knew someone there, I kept saying no, but low and behold, here comes Spencer Roush and several other friends of Christopher running down the hill to say hello. Definitely nothing wrong with his eyesight. Mr Blank had them hop the fence and invited them to come sit with us in the VIP section. Wow, Unreal!

As we sat with Angie and Mr Blank at dinner, Christopher was presented with a Matt Ryan signed jersey, then one by one the players came to introduce themselves and sign the Falcons helmet which was given to Christopher.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of everyone. Angie's daughter is in school with Davis at Lassiter and they have been following Christopher and his story. We are so thankful for their invitation and hospitality.

Angie and Mr Blank saw the news cast of Christopher during the Lassiter spring football game and wanted to do something special for him and our family. Well they certainly exceeded any dreams we may have had. We have also been invited to one of the home games at the Georgia Dome, we are looking forward to that.