David speaks out about horror stabbing
Tuesday 19 August 2008
David Beckham yesterday told of a brutal stabbing that left the brother of one of his closest friends paralysed.
The football legend joined fellow England players Rio Ferdinand and David James to speak out against knife crime. He recalled the horrific incident which saw footie hopeful Glen Fielder, then only 13 or 14 years old, being stabbed when he tried to break up a fight.
" He was about to sign a contract with Leyton Orient. But one day (...) he saw a fight, went over to help, got stabbed in the back and was paralysed.
"No one wants to see the devastation I saw my friend and his family go through. You don't expect situations whereby people go to school in the morning and then you never see them again." said Becks.
Let's hope that people will listen.