Notre Dame Student To Be Mourned, Honored
Loved ones on Monday will honor Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan, who was killed last week when the wind toppled a hydraulic lift as he taped football practice.
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Loved ones on Monday will honor Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan, who was killed last week when the wind toppled a hydraulic lift as he taped football practice.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly discussed his decision to hold practice outdoors Wednesday during the high winds that caused Declan Sullivan his life. Sullivan was filming practice on a lift when a gust of wind knocked it over.
Notre Dame had remained ahead against Tulsa throughout most of the game. A field goal in the fourth quarter set Notre Dame behind, but it wasn't over yet. The Irish was on their final drive for the win when an interception in the end zone with 36 seconds left put a stop to their drive.
In memory of Declan Sullivan, the 20 year old student who passed away after falling from a lift during a Notre Dame practice, Notre Dame and Tulsa wore decals on their helmets and held a moment of silence and prayer for him.
A moment of silence was observed and a prayer offered before Saturday's game between Notre Dame and Tulsa in memory of Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old student videographer who died when the tower from which he was filming practice from fell over.
Faculty, family and students at Carmel Catholic High School were mourning the loss Thursday of Declan Sullivan, a 2008 graduate who died Wednesday when the tower from which he was filming a Notre Dame football practice fell over.
After the events that have taken place on Notre Dame's campus this week, Saturday will have a different feel than most home games.
Students remembered Declan Sullivan, who was killed earlier this week when the lift he was using to videotape football practice crashed to the ground.
Notre Dame junior Declan Sullivan, who was killed when the tower he was standing on to film football practice on Wednesday, was honored Thursday at his alma mater, Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein.
Notre Dame football has become the center of the sports world. And the reason has nothing to with the performance of the team, but a tragedy at their practice.
Online posts by a Notre Dame student indicate he was terrified as he filmed football practice on a hydraulic lift on Wednesday. "Holy f---, this is terrifying,'' he wrote. Minutes after posting his fears on Twitter and Facebook, the lift blew over in high winds, and he was killed.
A Notre Dame student died Wednesday after the video tower from which he was filming football practice fell over.
