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Birmingham Stallions safety leaves game to rescue pregnant wife who passed out in stands

Birmingham Stallions safety leaves game to rescue pregnant wife who passed out in stands
THIS WEEK FIVE A PLAY FOR THE BIRMINGHAM STALLIONS AND THE ONLY THING HOTTER THAN THE UNDEFEATED TEAM THE TEMPERATURE IN THE STASND OF PROTECTIVE STADIUM. I’M FATMAN’S PREGNANT. I WAS DRINKING LOTS OF WATER EATING LOTS OF FOOD. IT WAS MIDDAY GAME AROUND THE THIRD QUARTER. I FELT KIND OF NAUSEOUS LAUREN MCFARLAND LIKES TO SIT UP FRONT OF THE SNDTAS TO WATCH NUMBER FIVE HER. BEND BUT ALABAMA’S 90 DEEEGR HEAT CAN BE TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE PREGNANT START SEEING BLACK START SEEING STARS MCFARLANE TRYING TOET G UP AND INTO THE SHADE, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER RIGHT HERE PEOPLE SURRNDINOUG AND HEAR A LOT OF CHAOS AND NOISE. I STILL CLOSE SUPER WORRIED ABOUT MY BABY DOWN ON THE SIDELINES SAFETY CHRISTIAN MCFARLAND AND HIS TEAMMATES HEARD THE COMMOTION AND WATCHED AS SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE GATHERING AROUND. SO PEOPLE LIKE NUMBER FIVE NUMBER FIVE AND SO I FINALLY TURNED AROUND. AND I HEAR SOMEONE SAY YOUR WIFE PASSED OUT. IT TOOK JUST SECONDS FOR HIM TO JUMP THE GATE AND RUN UP THE STANDS TO RESCUE HISIF WE. I LET MY HRTEA WAS RACING. I WAS SWEATING. EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO POUR ICE ON ME AND I HEARD A LOT OF VOICES. SHE SAYS SECONDS AWAY FROM HAVING A BREAKDOWN. SHE HEARD THE ONE VOICE THAT CODUL MAKE EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN I HEARD HIM FELT SO MUCH BETTER. HE PICKED ME UP THROUGH ME ON HIS BODY AND RAN UP. THERE’S AND HE LOOKED AT ME HE WAS LIKE ARE YOU? OKAY? AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I’M FINE. YOU HAVE A GAME TO PLAY IF MY WI AFEND MY BABY ARE IN JEOPARDY THEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. I KNOW MY TEAMMATES AND COACHES
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Birmingham Stallions safety leaves game to rescue pregnant wife who passed out in stands
Last Sunday was a hot one in Birmingham, Alabama as the USFL's Stallions took on the Philadelphia Stars at Protective Stadium. Family and fans gathered in the stands to cheer on their respective teams, and among the crowd sat Lauren McFarland, the pregnant wife of Stallions safety Christian McFarland.In the video above, WVTM 13's Sheri Falk tells the story of how Christian came to his wife's rescue when she passed out in the stands during the game, and without missing a play.Follow Sheri Falk on Facebook and Twitter.—

Last Sunday was a hot one in Birmingham, Alabama as the USFL's Stallions took on the Philadelphia Stars at Protective Stadium. Family and fans gathered in the stands to cheer on their respective teams, and among the crowd sat Lauren McFarland, the pregnant wife of Stallions safety Christian McFarland.

In the video above, WVTM 13's Sheri Falk tells the story of how Christian came to his wife's rescue when she passed out in the stands during the game, and without missing a play.

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