Surfside Survivor Returned To The Court For Her High School Volleyball Game, And It Meant The World

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s been implicit 3 months since the Surfside gathering collapse. The survivors, arsenic good arsenic the victims’ families, are trying to determination connected with their lives small by small arsenic overmuch arsenic they can.

One of those survivors was backmost connected the tribunal for her precocious schoolhouse volleyball crippled – and it meant the world.

“It has changed my life. Some days it’s changed my beingness horribly. Other days it’s brought my household truly adjacent together,” said subsister Deven Gonzalez.

Gonzalez and her parent are among the fewer rescued from the rubble – some suffering superior injuries. Her mom’s pelvis was crushed, portion Gonzalez broke her femur. The scars inactive disposable connected her legs.

“The betterment process has been precise agelong but we’re getting determination and we look a batch amended than we were yesterday,” said Gonzalez. “It’s 1 time astatine a time.”

Saturday was 1 of those amended days. During Miami Senior High’s volleyball game, Gonzalez, her ma and her begetter Edgar Gonzalez, who did not past the collapse, were each honored.

“Edgar, the father, was a truly large contributor to this program. The kids truly loved him and they felt that was the champion mode to grant her, her parent and everybody other who unluckily perished,” said Miami Senior High volleyball manager Nick Baumgarten.

Deven Gonzalez celebrating her team’s win. (CBS4)

Even Miami-Dade Fire Rescue participated successful the tribute, greeting players and being thanked for their service.

And portion Gonzalez’s injures kept her retired the game, she says the nighttime was adjacent sweeter due to the fact that her squad won.

“I consciousness great. I consciousness truly gladsome the squad truly pulled together,” she said.

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The Gonzalez household adds that each time since Surfside has been difficult. But events similar this, wherever the assemblage comes successful and rallies down them, marque it easier.