San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall returned to the practice field just five days after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in Union Square, San Francisco.
Pearsall was seen watching practice from the sidelines in Santa Clara, demonstrating his resilience following the incident.
About an hour before Pearsall ‘s practice field appearance, coach Kyle Shanahan recounted an emotional Saturday.
“It was really tough,” Shanahan said . “We just knew that he got shot. And that was all we knew. And then it took us about an hour to figure out what the hospital was and things like that, because we just made a couple calls to people, so we had it from them. But none of us knew where he was or anything.”
Roughly 40 minutes after the initial call, Shanahan got another one saying that Pearsall was conscious, talking and going to survive but that was confirmed fully when Pearsall called Shanahan via FaceTime.
“That was like the first time I knew he was all right,” Shanahan said . “It was really amazing. Because that hour when you hear about a shooting, we didn’t know where it was or anything, so you just assume the worst.