UNC's Nazair Jones overcomes huge odds, keeps playing
Posted Dec 25, 2016
It is Christmas Day, and Nazair Jones will be arriving at El Paso International Airport with the rest of his UNC teammates — filled excitement for a future that is as bright as the Texas desert sky. Five years ago on Christmas Day Jones was in a different place, not knowing which was worse — the searing, debilitating pain in his legs or the fear of the unknown.
(El Paso Times)
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