Philadelphia Eagles legend and ESPN analyst Jason Kelce was overcome with emotion during the network’s Super Bowl LIX pregame show as he discussed the survivors of the January 1 New Orleans terrorist attack.
Kelce’s former team welcomed one survivor, Ryan Quigley, to the facility last month, which allowed the retired center spend time with the diehard Eagles fan. Quigley suffered serious injuries during the New Year’s Day terror attack – in which a terrorist drove his car through crowds of people on Bourbon Street – while his best friend and former Princeton football teammate Tiger Bech was one of the 14 people to lose their lives.
After being told by co-host Mike Greenberg to ‘take a moment,’ an overwhelmed Kelce began to discuss the tragedy and his interactions with Quigley.
‘There’s some awful people in this world,’ the tearful Kelce told his ESPN colleagues. ‘And I had the fortune to meet Ryan, and his spirit, you wouldn’t even know something happened if he wasn’t in a wheelchair before the Rams game.
‘On one end, something terrible can happen,’ Kelce continued. ‘On the other end, something so beautiful can happen. I’m just happy he’s gonna be here. On behalf of Eagles fans everywhere, hell yeah, Ryan.’
Quigley is now returning to New Orleans as the Eagles take on the Chiefs after being gifted a pair of tickets by veteran Philadelphia defensive end Brandon Graham.
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Eagles legend and ESPN analyst Jason Kelce was overcome with emotion during the network’s Super Bowl LIX pregame show as he discussed the January 1 terror attack victims
Quigley (right) suffered serious injuries during the New Year’s Day terror attack, while his best friend and former Princeton teammate Tiger Bech (left) was one of the 14 people killed
Kelce is seen meeting Ryan Quigley months after the terror attack that injured the Eagles fan
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In the clip, posted to the Eagles’ official X account, Graham and Quigley share an emotional hug after the terror victim accepted the team’s invite to go to the game.
Quigley shared that Bech was a huge Eagles fan and that the pair went to every Eagles fan last season.
‘After every win… I told him if we make it, I promise I’m going to take you to the Super Bowl,’ Quigley said. ‘So I would love nothing more than to still take him.’
Quigley and Tiger’s sister, Ginnie, previously attended the Eagles’ divisional round playoff win over the Rams, and were able to meet several Eagles players, including Saquon Barkley and Kelce.
The 27-year-old Bech died on New Year’s Day at a New Orleans hospital, according to local media outlets citing Kim Broussard, the athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High.
He graduated from Princeton in 2021, and was most recently he was working as an investment trader at a New York brokerage firm Seaport Global.
The driver of the truck, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was fatally sH๏τ in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and slamming into the crowd.
About 30 people were injured.
Quigley had been reluctant to ever return to New Orleans, but admitted to ESPN he was happy he chose to the Superdome, where Bech and other victims will be honored.
‘We’re taking our power back from this man that did this evil act that took away my best friend, and we’re not letting evil win. So coming back to this city, honoring Tiger on the biggest stage, it means so much to the Bech family, and I just know he’s looking after us every second. I couldn’t ask for a better guardian angel in my life.’
