David Njoku had a particular function in thoughts when he determined to publicly proportion pictures after he suffered critical burns to his face and palms when he lit a fireplace pit overdue ultimate month.Â
The Cleveland Browns tight finish sought after to be offering strengthen for fellow burn victims. Along with sharing pictures of his burns, Njoku is now selling shirts of him wearing a mask upon arriving for paintings two days after the incident with the proceeds going to help the American Burns Association.Â
“I’ve been getting a lot of messages from other burn victims and nurses that have burn victims, and they were telling me how everybody feels embarrassed to show whatever,” Njoku stated, via Cleveland.com. “So I wanted just to come out forth and show myself so everyone feels a little bit better about themselves. End of the day, things heal.”
Despite the painful incident, Njoku performed in Cleveland’s Week 4 recreation in opposition to the Tennessee Titans. He stuck two of 3 objectives and performed in 70 p.c of the Browns’ offensive snaps.Â
“There are a lot of players who definitely would not have played with that happening to them less than 48 hours before the game and for good reason,” Browns wideout Amari Cooper stated afterword. “But I was actually surprised when he played as well. But it says a lot about his toughness.”