The Football Coach Who Became An ER Nurse
The Lead
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🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This spring, Alex Charlton — a football coach at Division II Midwestern State in Texas — made a bold decision. He left behind his coaching job to work as a nurse in Manhattan — in a COVID section of the emergency room — at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Today, The Athletic’s Chris Vannini tells us Charlton’s story.
Read Chris Vannini’s story about Alex Charlton: https://theathletic.com/1917145/2020/07/10/alex-charlton-midwestern-state-football-coach-nurse-covid-19-new-york/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:30.2 | This spring, a college football coach made a really bold decision. |
| 0:37.2 | Alex Charlton is passionate about football, but the coronavirus pandemic is taking him from |
| 0:42.7 | the gridiron to the front line. |
| 0:44.8 | Alex Charlton left his coaching job to work as a nurse in Manhattan at the height of the |
| 0:50.0 | pandemic in New York. |
| 0:51.7 | Today, the athletics Chris Vanini tells us his story. |
| 0:55.5 | Then he told his dad he was going, his dad responded, are you effing crazy? |
| 1:01.2 | But Alex just felt this was what he wanted to do. |
| 1:03.5 | We wanted to take on the risk. |
| 1:09.7 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Andres Kelto. |
| 1:12.3 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:13.7 | It's Friday, July 17th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:17.5 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:21.7 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the medical staff. |
| 1:28.7 | This isn't a story where the interview with the athlete will hold. |
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