- by foxnews
- 02 Feb 2025
"We want to tell you the real reason we brought you here," Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham said in a video shared by the team. "It's okay if you're not feeling it, but we would love to have you down for the Super Bowl."
This year's Super Bowl will be hosted by the city of New Orleans. It will take place just a little over a month after the attack. Quigley will return to the city, something he vowed never to do again.
"New Year's Eve was my first time in New Orleans ever, it was my first night, and I told myself it was going to be the last," he told the team's website. "But then I thought about it, because all year I've been telling Tiger if the Eagles make the Super Bowl this year, I promised him I was going to take him, and he's from Louisiana."
"I think, not letting evil win and evil will not prevail. I think we're going to go back to New Orleans and leave on a positive note from that city, given that Tiger's from there and that I promised him I was going bring him down to the Super Bowl. I'm looking forward to it for sure."
Quigley, 26, suffered broken bones in his leg, back and face and underwent surgery and several days in the hospital to recover from a horrific terror attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and injured dozens more.
He hopes that his presence will allow him to share Bech's story, something he plans to continue doing no, matter where he goes.
"Everything that the Eagles have done from being around the facilities today and the Divisional Round, to helping us share his story, there's no words to describe it. We're forever grateful to have the opportunity to tell the rest of the world how special Tiger was."
"Everyone that I meet moving forward, I want to introduce Tiger as well, because of how special he was and how much character he had," he added.
"He had no problem going to like anywhere in the world and fitting into different cultures. And he was just a super well-rounded individual with a ton of qualities that I'm going to make sure people know about for the rest of my life."
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