(S10) - PT 3 - Memories

[Zoone16]

One of the most memorable moments of Alexandre LeClair’s life occurred at the end of high school. One of his best friends, who was also on the fast track to a football scholarship in the US was arrested for underaged drunken driving. The legal age being 18 in Quebec and both of them being 17 at the time goes a great way to destroy someone’s life. Long story short, his friend crashed the car and broke his left leg, was taken to hospital where the leg was messed up so much they had to amputate it. After the healing, he spent the next year in a correctional facility. Fortunately in all this ordeal, no one but him was injured.
All this was major shock for LeClair who was then team captain and quarterback for his high school team. Along with all the talks from councillors and coaches about the dangers of alcohol and breaking the law, the sight of seeing one of his best friends with a leg missing was more than enough to deter him from doing anything stupid. It was at this point, when college scouts were courting him that he decided to focus only on making it to the big leagues. Only after his career would be over would he “let loose”.

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