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We got the call. Other thing was around 8:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m. And um, we was told that, you know, we need to get to Washington Ventus. And I think at, during the call, the call, I never said, you know, what happened to Jordan over the phone. But when we got to the hospital, they said that he suffered a seizure. It was a, the UMD police, campus police, only person that called was the campus police. Yeah, campus police, that was it initially, made the first call.
When was the first time Marty that you had heard? I believe 8:01, Iowa, eight o'clock, stayed in the same thing from regarding it was a some type of seizure while at football practice. The longest ride ever, because I had no idea that he was that sick. See, like it took us forever to get to Washington Venice. It was, it was hard.
Well, at that point, I, I'm more of a let's get there and we'll see first, as opposed to, you know, building something up that, you know, may have been unrealistic prior to getting there. So I'm more of the, you know, don't push the panic button type guy. Let's get there and then we'll see exactly what's happening once we arrive.
Well, at that point, once we arrived, um, some members of the coaching staff were, they had a training staff were there, and Jordan was in a coma at that point where he was intubated and Adam in a cooling suit. And we were still trying to grasp what was going on at that time. So it was still so early to really kind of just see, you know, we didn't see the significant, oh, we knew it was bad, but we didn't know how. So there was [Music].
I think at that time when we got there, they were still somewhat clueless themselves, because I had asked one of the trainer's, you know, had this ever happened before, and it basically was like not on my watch. So I think they were still in the process of trying to figure out what was going on as well. All right, how do you not know? Well, actually not knowing the, the significance of a heat stroke and after maybe a week later, you know, we found out really kind of would it happen? It was just a lot of people there. There's still a lot of so-called support, so it was still kind of, you know, we just went from a healthy kid on Tuesday morning, or a healthy child a Tuesday morning, to talks of a liver transplant within 24 hours. So it went from, I mean, zero to zero with a negative zero like overnight. And we still didn't, I still wasn't aware of heat stroke or what was going on. It was happening very fast. I'm still trying some things that's coming out now. I had no idea that his temperature was still 106 at the hospital when they got him to the high school. So - no one did anything to even try to cool him down and didn't do anything. And that the part good Maryland officials in the weeks following his, there wasn't it? No, DJ and his wife, they call me, you know, we're still thinking about you in our prayers, but any other officials, I don't believe any. Yeah, no, I don't believe any. I know there was none. It was very disheartening really to see the media posts, you know, especially, you know, when when we kind of heard something different almost, you know, so that was, that was very disheartening. But I didn't need anything from anyone. This is pieces that Marty was getting and then your article, especially when I said he, he was dragged, it was no regard.
How do you think Maryland's football culture contributed to Jordan Stack? Ah, well, Jordan kept pushing herself so, and he, I feel so he felt like he had to only just because he didn't want to be called names or anything that they say that happens. So they apart, well, obviously, you know, I feel a little bit more passionate about that, you know, when the coach comes to your house and they sit at your table and tell you that, you know, all these great things and, you know, especially city and, you know, right before signing day to ensure that, you know, the kid is still that your child are still going to hold that commitment to them to that particular school. And, you know, when you sit at the table and, and all these things, you ask questions and you actually, you know, you tell the coach, one tournament my child over to you, you know, and I expect you to develop him more mentally, you know, physically, emotionally. And when that doesn't happen, you know, there's no accepting that, there's no excuse for that. There's no excuse for that one at all. So that's Ferrari, you know, so and, and even to answer your question, when you have a young person that you raised to be coachable, you know, follow direction and they don't know that they've never been into a toxic environment, they don't know the difference between what the toxic environment is versus what it isn't, not like the older players that may have played under a different coach that where wasn't a toxic, they know instantly, they know immediately something's wrong. It but when a young person comes into this the first time, you know, they may be being bullied and don't even know that they're being bullied because this is a new experience. And I just don't think Jordan really knew, you know, along with the other freshmen there, what even would that even look like. And that may have been accepted as the norm. Well, that's not the norm for anybody's child. You don't send your child away for them to be bullied and scared to speak up about anything. That was my reaction really. I mean, I'm not in a medical field and, you know, first thing she did take his vitals, C was check his temperature. I didn't understand, didn't understand why not. I think that with the culture, they even if they did know how to, the culture, the precedence of, of systemic abuse was already in play, they would have done it anyway. Yes. Yeah, of course, you know, each heat-related injuries are literally a 1000% preventable injury if the right protocols, the best practices in place. So yes, I do. Heather, I think that all I can remember is and when I think of DJ Durkin, all I remember is him sitting at our kitchen table and assuring me that he would take care of my son and he didn't. Anything other than that, I think he should be relieved of his job. I don't think that he should be allowed to coach anyone else's child in an environment like this. My child died there. Something will never get back. That's the wound that will never heal. And I actually, and, and, and, and they, when you, when you give you a child to someone for them to develop them and they don't do that, you know, have it, the thing is, if it wasn't Jordan, it was gonna be somebody's child, one of his teammates and it was gonna happen with that culture. It was going to happen regardless. Wasn't a matter of how but when it was going to happen. And unfortunately, it's telling you and I sitting here as opposed to another prayin sitting here, what's the same thing. And if this hadn't happened, how would we have known what our children weren't doing down there? So to answer your question, yeah, he needs to go. Famous moment, especially you brought on this conditioning coach, you knew them, you knew how he was, so yeah, you should go.