{"id":2029305,"date":"2023-09-12T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beloved-photographer-dies-after-freak-accident-at-high-school-football-game\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:14:53","slug":"beloved-photographer-dies-after-freak-accident-at-high-school-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beloved-photographer-dies-after-freak-accident-at-high-school-football-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer tragically dies in freak accident at football game."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbeloved-photographer-dies-after-freak-accident-at-high-school-football-game%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=2029305&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 Tragic Accident: Kansas Woman Dies After Being Hit \u200cby\u2062 High School Football \u200bPlayers<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-success-story-who-is-all-around-gold-medal-gymnast-suni-lee\/\" title=\"American Success Story: Who Is All-Around Gold Medal Gymnast Suni Lee?\">tragedy struck<\/a> when \u2062Linda Gregory, a 69-year-old woman \u2064from Kansas, was accidentally struck by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-gunmen-open-fire-on-high-school-football-players-in-philadelphia\/\" title=\"Multiple Gunmen Open Fire on High School Football Players in Philadelphia\">high school football players<\/a> during \u200ba game. The incident occurred while she was photographing a junior varsity game between Wichita Northwest High School and Bishop Carroll Catholic High School. The players, who went out of bounds, collided with \u200bher, causing her to fall \u2064and\u2064 hit her head on the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Linda Gregory, 69, was photographing a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats' Election Cheating\">football game<\/a> in Wichita when some players suddenly ran into her and she fell backward, \u2064hitting her head on the ground.\u200c Gregory\u200c has since been put on life support, and her family plans to\u200c donate her organs.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVfEXJX8LS\">https:\/\/t.co\/fVfEXJX8LS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The\u2064 Washington Post\u2064 (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1700181619330490634?\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tragically, Linda Gregory passed away four\u200c days later.\u2062 The\u200d news\u2063 devastated the community, as she was a beloved figure\u200c among \u200dthe Wichita Northwest\u2064 High School family. Football coach\u200b Steve Martin expressed his grief in\u2062 a heartfelt Facebook post, describing Linda and \u200cher husband, Mel, as integral parts of their program and family.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the immense loss, the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-chicago-student-leaders-condemn-israel-in-unsigned-anti-semitic-letter\/\" title=\"University of Chicago Student Leaders Condemn Israel in Unsigned Anti-Semitic Letter\">community rallied<\/a> together to honor \u200cLinda\u200d Gregory&#8217;s memory. During a game, players\u200d wore her initials on \u200dtheir helmets and participated in \u200ca tribute. Wichita \u200dNorthwest High School expressed their gratitude for the outpouring of love and support on \u200bFacebook.<\/p>\n<p>Mel Gregory, \u2062Linda&#8217;s husband, also\u2064 took\u2062 to Facebook \u2063to share his thoughts and plans. He expressed his intention to attend the game, emphasizing \u200dLinda&#8217;s passion for photography and her dedication to capturing moments for &#8220;her\u200d boys.&#8221; He also mentioned their plans to establish a foundation for a scholarship in Linda&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the grieving process, Mel Gregory acknowledged \u200dthe need for healing and thanked everyone for their condolences. He shared \u200dphotos \u200bof the \u200cflowers and memorials received, showcasing the impact Linda had on those around \u200cher.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Linda Gregory is a tragic reminder of\u2062 the unexpected dangers that can occur even in the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beloved-photographer-dies-after-freak-accident-at-high-school-football-game\/\" title=\"Photographer tragically dies in freak accident at football game.\">seemingly ordinary situations<\/a>. Her memory will forever live on in the\u200d hearts of the Wichita \u200cNorthwest High School community, and her \u200blegacy will continue through the foundation established in\u200c her honor.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beloved-photographer-dies-freak-accident-high-school-football-game\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tragically killed when she was unintentionally struck by high school football players. The 69-year-old Kansas woman was photographing a junior varsity game between Wichita Northwest High School and Bishop Carroll Catholic High School when the incident occurred. She passed away four days later on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2029306,"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-2029305","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\/2029305","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}