fwiw - Joe Andruzzi, actually played for New England as a starting guard for the three Super Bowl Winning Teams in 2001, 2003 and 2004. Two of his brothers were fire fighters and in the Towers on 9/11. They made it out alive saving a lot of people. And Joe right after he retired came down with cancer and almost died. He started a charity that I volunteer and support and that's how I've become friends with him and his family.
The marathon bombings occurred right in front of the Forum restaurant where he holds a marathon party for runners that run for his charity which I have run for his team in the past. After the bombings, he helped lift away the barricades and carried injured people to the hospital tents. I had just finished and was waiting right behind the Finish Line for my gf to come when the bombs went off. I spent my time running thru the carnage looking for her. Unfortunately, one of her gf's was injured.
Starting this season, Joe became one of the team's strength and conditioning coaches. What a year to get back involved with the team on a daily basis.
I wonder if emperus even knew who he was til now. I could post a pic of an old photo of Foxboro Stadium that I bought when I got my first office at work and they gave me stipend to decorate it and place a sticker with emperus on it and place it in the pic but I think I've proven my point enough. I think only Butch goes further back as a fan than I around here.
I'm sure half the country who watches football knows who Andruzzi is. He is probably more known for his brothers and 9/11 than his game play. L
Yeah, I knew the picture was from his Marathon Charity run. That's why I said it was easily identifiable as I have a friend who raised a lot of money for that Marathon run and could have probably found me more shots of it and probably have similar shots with him.
But that is a nice story there, Includes both 9/11 and the Boston Bombings, running a marathon then through Bombing Carnage to find a girlfriend whose friend was injured. I guess you can be anyone on the internets.
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