Coweta Graduate Who Survived Near-Fatal Crash Throws Coin Toss At Football Game

A Coweta graduate, who survived a serious crash last year, threw the coin toss at the football game Thursday night.

Thursday, November 7th 2024, 10:53 pm

By: Erin Conrad

COWETA, Okla. -

A Coweta graduate who nearly died in a crash last year got to throw the coin toss at Thursday night's football game.

"This is important because we never thought that he would be here, we never thought in a million years that he would walk out of the hospital. Let alone come to his home field and help with the coin toss," said Sarah Kizzia, Cage's mom.

Doctors told Cage's mom they did not expect him to survive his injuries. The crash happened last November, one year ago from Monday. He was escorted onto the field by his brother.

One of the referees at the game was the paramedic who worked on Cage after the crash.

His mom says the Coweta community has been a huge support over this last year.

"When they tell you that your kids not going to make it through the night and then a year later we're here on the same football field where they did his vigil, where he used to play ball at , where he graduated high school from so to show that the community has come together is something I will never be able to thank them for," said Kizzia.

Cage was not wearing his seatbelt when he crashed. Now he and his mom educate others on Traumatic Brain Injuries and the importance of buckling up. They had a booth outside the game tonight passing out green ribbon pins to raise awareness.

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