Saturday, February 10, 2018

Man Carries His Wife's Urn During Eagles Parade: 'I Had to Make Sure She Was Here For This'


Four days in the wake of winning the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles rioted of the City of Brotherly Love to praise their triumph with a huge number of fans on Thursday morning. Among the numerous parade-goers was one fan who discreetly paid regards to his sweetheart via helping her slag through the group.

"She was a diehard Eagles fan," Dennis stated, as per a viral Facebook post. "I needed to ensure she was here for this."

Not long after Dennis imparted his better half's story to Javier, a touching minute unfurled before them—Javier says a cop strolled up to Dennis and gave him a lager, at that point indicated a gathering of around twelve men over the road. The officer said the drink was from them.

"The officer at that point let him realize that it was from the fans crosswise over Broad Street when they raised their brews when he investigated. Dennis was truly cheerful about it," Javier, 41, tells PEOPLE. "He was standing a little before me, so I didn't perceive how he acted out about it, however from his voice, it sounded to me like he responded rather happily to their signal."

Seeing the unique minute was particularly significant for Javier, he includes.

"I lost my mom as of late," Javier says. "While she wasn't the greatest Eagles fan, I wish she could have been here for this also."

The Super Bowl festivity in Philly extended very nearly five miles through the city and highlighted a parade of Eagles players on of twofold decker transports welcoming right around 2 million fans in participation. A significant number of the Philly-steadfast probably never figured they would see a Super Bowl triumph only a couple of months back when the group's star quarterback, Carson Wentz, was precluded whatever is left of the season with an ACL damage before the playoffs.

In any case, reinforcement quarterback Nick Foles drove the group through two more triumphs in the general season, and after that the playoffs, previously playing the session of his life against Tom Brady and the Patriots on Sunday.

While Javier—an IT bolster expert from Oreland, Pennsylvania—says it was fun praising the triumph, his run-in with Dennis and the unconstrained nice thought he saw was a minute he will recollect forget.

"It certainly was a standout amongst other parts of my parade understanding," he says. "Without a doubt, seeing our chivalrous players drop by and giving a shout out to them for at last conveying the Lombardi Trophy to Philadelphia was fun and all, yet encountering direct that sort of brotherhood among the fans is truly what that day is about and what being sports fans is extremely about."

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