Great article from Ross Dellenger from Sports Illustrated on Mike Hollins on his recovery

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During a mass shooting Sunday on a charter bus on Virginia’s campus, Mike Hollins, a running back on the UVA football team, rushed back onto the bus in an attempt to save lives only to find himself face-to-face with a gunman who had just shot to death three of his teammates.

For two days, Mike Hollins was in critical condition, on a ventilator and could only communicate with his mother by writing notes. In one of the first notes to her, he asked about his teammates. “How are they doing?” he wrote to her Monday.

For fear of upsetting him at an unstable time, she did not inform him of the news until Wednesday, an emotional moment that was followed by an unexpected visit. The families of Davis and Perry visited Hollins on Thursday.

“He was able to release (his feelings) and hug and embrace them. That was good for them,” Brenda says. “It was very, very emotional. He was able to tell them how much (his teammates) meant to him and how hard it’s going to be to live without them.”

Doctors told her that he survived because of his physical condition. He has several months of rehabilitation ahead, and she’s unsure if he’ll play football again. But the experience has changed his outlook on life, she says.