Best friends since the sixth grade, Marcos San Miguel and Jordan Sloan discovered over the last 18 months just how strong their bond is.
The Atlanta residents connected over sports — San Miguel is a star on the basketball court, and Sloan on the football field. In September 2020, Sloan took a hit to the head during a game and was rushed to the hospital, where he was placed on a ventilator. He sustained brain-stem trauma, and ever since the accident, has been working on regaining his mobility and strength.
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San Miguel began taking pledges for every charge he took in a basketball game, in order to give Sloan's family the money necessary to buy items not covered by insurance, like a manual wheelchair and reformer machine. "I really wanted just to do whatever I could to help," San Miguel told CBS News. "He would have done something similar for me."
So far, San Miguel has raised more than $14,800. Sloan's mother, Jasmine Jamieson, is grateful for the way San Miguel stepped up to help, and said she doesn't know "if I will ever be able to really thank him. I will try for the rest of my life."
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