{"id":2028027,"date":"2023-09-11T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-ex-nfl-player-mike-williams-says-he-needs-a-hail-mary-after-construction-accident\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:50:33","slug":"mother-of-ex-nfl-player-mike-williams-says-he-needs-a-hail-mary-after-construction-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-ex-nfl-player-mike-williams-says-he-needs-a-hail-mary-after-construction-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL player Mike Williams&#8217; mom seeks &#8216;Hail Mary&#8217; after construction mishap."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-of-ex-nfl-player-mike-williams-says-he-needs-a-hail-mary-after-construction-accident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Former NFL \u200bWide \u2064Receiver\u2062 Battles for His Life After Construction Accident<\/h2>\n<p>A former National Football \u200cLeague wide receiver is currently fighting for his life following a \u200bdevastating construction \u200csite accident. Mike Williams, 36, was seriously \u200dinjured in Hillsborough County, Florida, last week when\u2062 a steel beam landed on his \u200bhead. The accident \u200bhas \u2064left him \u2062paralyzed\u200b in his right arm and lower body.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, \u200ba\u2062 New York\u200c native, had a five-year NFL career, playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo\u200b Bills, and Kansas\u2062 City Chiefs.\u200c Despite some \u2064erroneous reports\u2064 of his passing, Williams is still alive and \u2064receiving medical\u2062 care in a Tampa-area\u200d hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Recent updates indicate that Williams\u2063 has been taken off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-marshal-shot-while-serving-arrest-warrant-in-baltimore\/\" title=\"U.S. Marshal shot while serving arrest warrant in Baltimore\">life support<\/a> and is\u200b now \u200bbreathing on his\u200b own. Although there have been no significant changes in his overall condition, he has shown some positive responses to\u200c verbal stimuli,\u2064 including \u200breacting when\u200c his 8-year-old daughter spoke to him.<\/p>\n<p>While Williams&#8217; \u200dmedical \u2064prognosis remains uncertain, his\u2063 mother, Mary Rosenthal, has expressed the need for a medical &#8220;Hail Mary&#8221;\u200d to help her son. She\u200c revealed that \u200dWilliams had previously expressed his wishes \u2062not \u2064to live connected to life support systems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just got off the phone with Mike Williams\u2019 agent.\u2063 He tells \u2063me the former NFL wide receiver HAS NOT \u2062passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was\u200b involved in a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident\/\" title=\"Mike Williams, ex-Buccaneers WR, passes away in construction mishap.\">construction accident<\/a>,\u201d and is in a Tampa-area hospital, according to his agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael \u200cSchwartz (@MSchwartzTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSchwartzTV\/status\/1699526258428649704?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amazing News: Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bucs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> WR Mike Williams, who was\u2064 erroneously \u200breported to have passed away by multiple\u2062 outlets, is now \u2063reportedly been recovering and has had his life support removed, per\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?\">@nypost<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJJponrCyD\">https:\/\/t.co\/EJJponrCyD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams even\u2064 smiled when a friend played \u200cone\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZeR7JsdAUH\">pic.twitter.com\/ZeR7JsdAUH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1700637322197311650?\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the\u2063 challenges he \u2064faces, Williams continues to fight \u200cfor \u2064his recovery. The support\u200b of his family, friends,\u200c and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-ex-nfl-player-mike-williams-says-he-needs-a-hail-mary-after-construction-accident\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL player Mike Williams' mom seeks 'Hail Mary' after construction mishap.\">football community remains crucial<\/a> \u2064during \u2063this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and\u200c to contribute to his father&#8217;s travel expenses, you \u200dcan\u200d visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/wyu9v2-travel-expenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe page<\/a> set up to\u2063 assist Williams and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/former-nfl-wr-mike-williams-removed-from-life-support-breathing-on-own-after-construction-site-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Sports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/mike-williams-ex-nfl-wide-receiver-breathing-own-being-taken-off-life-support-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-tampa-bay-buccaneers-issue-update-player-hospitalized-monday-night-football-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/buccaneers\/news\/former-bucs-wide-receiver-taken-off-life-support-now-breathing-on-his-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2023\/09\/09\/mike-williams-ventilator-life-support-tierney-lyle-hadley-engelhard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay \u2064Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/sports\/ex-nfl-receiver-mike-williams-needs-hail-mary-mother-disavows-gofundme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WVIB-TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A construction accident has left former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams, 36, fighting for his life. The incident occurred in Hillsborough County, Florida, last week. Williams, who previously played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills, and Kansas City Chiefs, sustained serious injuries, as reported by CBS Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2028028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}