Riaan Uphawu lokuqala olubonisa ukuthi uNathan Santa Cruz oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala ulimele ekhanda kwaba ngenkathi esusa umakalabha futhi walaliswa ebhentshini laseVenice High. UBrendan Murray, udokotela wemithi yezemidlalo ye-chiropractic, ungene esenzweni.
“Sibuze ukuthi kwenzekeni akekho owasitshela. Bekufanele sicabange okubi kakhulu, ”kusho uMurray ngalobo busuku ngo-Agasti 19, 2022, umdlalo wokuvula isizini wesizini yebhola lezikole zamabanga aphezulu.
Uhlelo lwezimo eziphuthumayo olwake lwajwayela futhi lwabanjwa ngekhanda ngaphansi kokuqondisa komqeqeshi wezokusubatha wangaphambili u-Kirsten Farrell lwenziwa lwasebenza. Kwenzeka lokhu nje uFarrell usemdlalweni obhekene neHuntington Beach Edison, kanye nomqeqeshi omusha, uJason Noonan.
U-Farrell ushayele i-911. UDkt. Jason Alvarado, udokotela weqembu, ujoyine uMurray noNoonan ukuze banikeze ukunakekelwa ngokushesha ngemva kokunakekela omunye umdlali owake waphathwa yikhanda.
Bazinzisa intamo kaSanta Cruz. Babheke indlela yakhe yokuphefumula. Baqapha ukugcwala komoyampilo wakhe egazini nge-pulse oximeter.
“Engikusolayo ukuthi ulimele ekhanda,” kusho uMurray.
“Asikwazanga ukuzwa ubuhlungu noma ukuphendula ngamazwi,” kusho u-Alvarado.
Umuntu obhekelele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isango lenkundla alikhiyiwe futhi livulelwe abezimo eziphuthumayo ukuthi bangene enkundleni ne-ambulensi yabo ephethe isikhundla sakhe. Ucingo lwe-911 luphume ngo-8:14 ebusuku, ngokusho kwamarekhodi e-LAFD. Abezimo eziphuthumayo bafike ngo-8:21 ebusuku kanti u-Santa Cruz ubehlinzwe izimo eziphuthumayo e-Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center – eqhele ngamamayela ayisithupha – ngemuva nje kuka-9 ebusuku.
Isigameko sango-Agasti odlule eVenice High ngesikhathi uNathan Santa Cruz elashelwa ukulimala ekhanda.
(Chip Signore)
UCrystal Clark, umama ka-Santa Cruz, waphuma emshinini wokushibilika wagibela i-ambulensi naye.
“Bengingasuki ohlangothini lwakhe,” kusho uClark.
Odokotela esibhedlela abazange balulaze ubucayi bokulimala.
“’Asazi noma uzophumelela yini,’” kusho uClark etshelwa.
Ozakwabo nomqeqeshi u-Angelo Gasca babonakale esibhedlela ukuzonikeza ukwesekwa ngemuva kokuthi umdlalo umiswe sekusele u-3:40 ku-quarter yesibili kwathi u-Edison ehamba phambili ngo 48-13.
UClark uthe ukuhlinzwa kobuchopho “kwathatha amahora amaningi.” Akekho owayengabikezela ukuthi imiphumela izoba miphi emahoreni okuqala angu-24 ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Ingabe wayezovuka? Ingabe wayezokwazi ukukhuluma? Ingabe wayezokwazi ukuhamba?
Ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye kamuva, ngoLwesine ebusuku e-El Camino College, u-Santa Cruz wayeqhudelana emqhudelwaneni we-City Section wethrekhi nomkhakha. Ugijime umlenze we-anchor ku-4×400 relay futhi wasiza iVenice ukuthi iqophe umlando ngenkathi iqeda isibili ukuze izuze uhambo lokuya emiqhudelwaneni yombuso ngoLwesihlanu eClovis.
“Ngizizwa kahle,” kusho uSanta Cruz ngemuva kwalokho. “Ukugijima kwami kunikeza abantu ithemba. Kufakazela ukuthi kungenzeka noma yini. UNkulunkulu ukunika indlela ende kakhulu. Ekupheleni komhubhe, imvula ayidli unomphela.”
Unina wakubona kahle lokho abaningi abakuzwayo.
“Kuyisimangaliso,” kusho yena.
Izinto eziningi bekufanele zihambe kahle ku-Santa Cruz ukuze adlule kulobo busuku obungaqinisekile ngo-Agasti odlule.
I-Venice ingesinye sezikole eziphakeme eziyisishiyagalombili kwezingu-90 ezidlala ezemidlalo e-Los Angeles Unified School District ukuze zibe nomqeqeshi wezemidlalo oqinisekisiwe. UFarrell waqala lolu hlelo eVenice ngo-2002 futhi wahamba ngo-2021 ukuze asize i-LAUSD ithole izindlela zokuqasha abaqeqeshi bezemidlalo abaningi. Izikole eziningi zingase zithole abaqeqeshi abanezitifiketi ngosizo lwemali yesikole ngonyaka ozayo.
“Kwakuyisimo esinzima kuwo wonke umuntu owayelapho ngalobo busuku,” kusho uGasca. “Siyabonga ukuthi sibe nodokotela nomqeqeshi obekwazi okumele akwenze futhi siseduze nesibhedlela esisezingeni lomhlaba. Kwakuyisivunguvungu sezenzakalo, abaqeqeshi baqala ukusebenza, ukuthi u-911 wabizwa futhi kungakapheli imizuzu embalwa wayese-UCLA elashwa futhi lokho kwelashwa kwasindisa impilo yakhe. “
U-Nathan Santa Cruz (wesibili ukusuka kwesokudla) uzungezwe abadlali beqembu lakhe laseVenice (kusuka kwesokunxele) uSemaj Baber, u-Amir Smith, u-Isaiah Atkins no-Rashawn Jackson.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
Lokho uFarrell akubona kwafakazela kuye wonke amalungiselelo nezinsiza ezinikelwe ekuzameni ukugcina abasubathi besikole esiphakeme bephephile kwakufanele futhi kungaba isifundo kwabanye.
“Silandele ngesigameko esisesidlangalaleni kakhulu ngoJanuwari ngesimo sikaDamar Hamlin neBuffalo Bills eyaletha ekhaya eMelika ukuthi indima yomqeqeshi wezemidlalo oqinisekisiwe, ikakhulukazi ezingeni lesikole samabanga aphezulu, ithinta ukuphila phakade,” kusho uFarrell.
U-Hamlin waba nokuboshwa kwenhliziyo ngesikhathi somdlalo wethelevishini kazwelonke kaJan. 2 we-NFL futhi wanikwa i-CPR. USanta Cruz wayebukele umdlalo esekhaya futhi ngokushesha wacabanga ngonina.
“UNathan uyehla ezitebhisini, ‘Vala i-TV. Ngeke ngikuvumele ukuthi ukhumbule ukuhlukumezeka,” kusho uClark. “Ngakhala ngoba ngiyawazi lowo muzwa wokungaqiniseki.”
I-California ukuphela kwesifunda esizweni esingalawuli abaqeqeshi. Kukhona umthethosivivinywa, AB 796, esishayamthetho sombuso okuzodinga ukuthi abaqeqeshi bezemidlalo balawulwe.
U-Santa Cruz wavuka ngokushesha ngemva kokuhlinzwa enemiphumela embalwa engemihle. Abalingani beqembu baxoxe naye ngesikhathi socingo lwe-FaceTime. Uqale ukuvivinya umzimba ngo-Okthoba futhi wayehambela imidlalo yebhola laseVenice kwaze kwaba yilapho iGondoliers ihlulwa esikhathini esengeziwe kumdlalo wabo wokuhlungela i-Open Division ngoNovemba. Uqale ukuzilolonga ngo-December. Namanje akazi ukuthi ulimele kanjani noma uzophinde alidlale ibhola.
“Njalo uma ngibona uNathan engena ekamelweni lami, ngijabula ukumbona ephila impilo ejwayelekile,’’ kusho uGasca.
Lobo busuku buhlala buvutha enkumbulweni yabaningi.
Umamukeli wenkanyezi nomngane omuhle u-Rashawn Jackson wayeseduze no-Santa Cruz ebhentshini.
“Bengicabanga ukuthi useqedile. Wangethusa. Ngakhala ngesikhathi kwenzeka,” kusho uJackson.
U-Alvarado uthe, “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokwezinga le-physiology nesayensi, kuyamangaza ukuthi umzimba womuntu ungabuya unjalo. Futhi kusukela ezingeni lesintu, ukukhumbula izinto ezenzeka lapho evela khona, kuyamangaza. Ubusisiwe futhi sibusisekile ngokusiza.”
Mayelana nezifundo abazitholile, u-Alvarado uthe ukubaluleka kwabasebenzi abasizayo, okuhlanganisa nodokotela nabaqeqeshi, kubalulekile ukuze kuphephe abasubathi.
U-Nathan Santa Cruz (7) uhalaliselwa ozakwabo baseVenice ngemuva komlenze wakhe oqinile ku-4×400 relay emqhudelwaneni weCity Section ngoLwesine.
(Craig Weston)
“Isikhathi esiningi abasubathi basuke bedlala imidlalo kodwa abantu ababubheki ubungozi obungase bube khona ngaso sonke isikhathi,” usho kanje. “Sengibone izindawo ezahlukene, izikole ezahlukene, izifunda ezahlukene futhi kunezinsiza ezahlukene. Kuzokhombisa ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba nezinto eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka. ”
Iqiniso lokuthi u-Santa Cruz usebuyele ku-jappy-go-lucky yakhe, isimo esihle esenza wonke umuntu azizwe ejabule.
U-Santa Cruz udlala imidlalo yevidiyo cishe nsuku zonke noJackson, owathi u-Santa Cruz uyamamatheka kaningi okwenza abanye bazizwe bejabule. “Ungumuntu okhuthazayo kakhulu,” kusho uJackson. “Kwakungaphambi nangemuva. “
Unina ubheka emuva ekuhlukumezekeni kwendodana yakhe futhi uyamangala ngesimo sayo sengqondo esihle.
“Uzithwala ngezinga eliphezulu kangaka lokuvuthwa,” kusho yena. “Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi uphakamisele phezulu ikhanda lakhe futhi uyaqonda ukuthi le pivot yinto eyenzekayo empilweni. Ukhuthaza abanye. Akafuni kube khona ozophatheka kabi eduze kwakhe.”
U-Santa Cruz uqeda isizini yakhe yesibili yezemidlalo elindele ukuthi aphule amarekhodi ambalwa e-Venice ngaphambi kokuthi athweswe iziqu.
“Ngangazi nje ukuthi izinsuku ezingcono zizofika,” kusho yena. Ngangithandaza nsuku zonke futhi ngilapha ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye.
