Followup story on Bradley's Massive Mike Williams

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Most of you know that Bradley's Mike Williams was severely injured in his job as a security guard at an Atlanta establishment a couple years ago...
here's a nice followup story on how he's doing, including mention of many other old friends of his...
"Several of Mike Williams' old friends..staged a surprise birthday party for
the former De La Salle basketball star ..J.J. Anderson, Donald Reese, Carl
Golston, Paul Beane, Greg Williams, Lamone Lampley, Pierre Cooper...

Williams' life story is worth noting. ESPN is planning a documentary in October"

http://www.csnchicago.com/09/09/11/Mike-Williams-has-a-message-for-todays-y/landing.html?blockID=561898&feedID=661

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ESPN had this in Oct. - not sure if it was already posted..

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7035620/former-basketball-star-mike-williams-begins-walking-again-being-paralyzed-bullet-espn-magazine

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Anyone know how Massive Mike is doing today? How cool would it be if BU brought him back in some sort of honorary capacity as an ambassador for the university!

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More BU followups....

Everyone recalls where the #1 NBA Draft pick Anthony Davis went to high school...
a small Chicago high school named Chicago Perspectives Charter School.
Guess which ex-Bradley Brave was a part-time assistant with their basketball team as well as full time boys & girls track and field assistant coach,
and assistant cross country coach for boys & girls? It Is Jabbar Battle...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%22jabbar+battle%22&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CGYQxQEwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fviewer%3Fa%3Dv%26q%3Dcache%3ABndTfmHIrOUJ%3Aperspectivescs.org%2F_literature_43399%2FPLA_and_Tech_Coaches_Roster%2B%2522jabbar%2Bbattle%2522%26hl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26pid%3Dbl%26srcid%3DADGEESgX1YGAj42MpuzPwlOADGfVllXBk0cOI57UbORb9dK0ql19Z8hkQLWsP7Hk4JWcbTJQHzaQ5NF7MwLA54_5C58yrBXly8i_DrUaV_0BQoFsNdbeSNfv8p_QYyYeigMs2LEXY5Vy%26sig%3DAHIEtbTf-hw0G6mIqYWE3atU-DZgxrzUaw&ei=LL7xT6L3CsqorQGn0rGOAg&usg=AFQjCNEIePRZH--vo9EyX38S0R1Yn0Y3_A

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the ESPN article is older but I saw this current piece and link on a spinal injury recovery Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=783962254964039&set=a.219193738107563.75317.182649975095273&type=1

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7035620/former-basketball-star-mike-williams-begins-walking-again-being-paralyzed-bullet-espn-magazine