The Philadelphia Union captain and USA international went viral on Sunday when he grabbed a field microphone after scoring and urged Congress to act to prevent further gun violence
Alejandro Bedoya was at home in the French city of Nantes in the fall of 2015, tuned to Germany’s friendly at the Stade de France against Les Bleus. Like much of the viewing public, he knew something was amiss in the first half, when the broadcast picked up loud noises emanating from outside the stadium. They would later be revealed as suicide bomb explosions, one by a terrorist who had tried to infiltrate the stadium itself.
For an athlete long engaged in off-field matters, the targeting of a sporting event for terror in the 13 November attacks marked a bitter awakening. Bedoya had rarely heeded the call to “stick to sports,” and when life-or-death issues encroached, the notion that he should limit himself to the game alone was fully bunk.
Written by Matthew De George in Chester, Pennsylvania
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