Nathan Demian, a soccer player from British Columbia, was wounded by a stray bullet during a drive with his brother after a game. Despite his injuries, he sent a message of encouragement to his Ohio State University teammates before their NCAA semifinal game.
In his first public statement since he was wounded by a stray bullet, B.C.'s Nathan Demian delivered a message of encouragement to his teammates at Ohio State University from his hospital bed. His voice was hoarse and he had a tube in his nose, but the Langley native was smiling in the video posted to social media. 'I really wish I could be with you guys,' Demian said.
'I'm so excited to watch you guys just dominate and go out and put in all the work, all the effort, all the grind that we've done this whole entire year to go and show the whole world what Ohio State's all about.', Demian encouraged the Buckeyes, who were about to play in the NCAA semifinals on Friday night, Dec. 13. 'This is why you come to Ohio State, this is why you play sports, because you want to play in those games where everybody watches and that matters,' Demian said. 'We've earned that right. We've been number one this whole year because of all the hard work we've put in, all the belief we've put in with each other, from the work we put in England before the summer, to preseason, to every single practice and game, working for one another.' A report in the Columbus-Dispatch newspaper said Nathan and his brother Joel, who plays for Indiana, were making a late night pizza run Sunday morning, Dec. 8, after a big Ohio State win when two cars passing by started shooting at each other. Nathan was wounded in the abdomen, and rushed to Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. A university statement said the'off-campus shooting' occurred following the Ohio State men's soccer match with Wake Forest, which Ohio State won 3-0 to advance to the NCAA tournament semifinals. ' was an innocent bystander, is not a suspect in any way, and was not involved in any altercation,' the statement said
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