Renaldo Nehemiah, Super Bowl Champ, Gives Hope to Inmates
Former San Francisco 49ers player, track star spoke Thursday to men and women at Alexandria’s detention center.
Fame and fortune aside, Renaldo Nehemiah has faced challenges in life. Nehemiah was born partially deaf in his right ear. At age 14, he lost his mother to breast cancer. When he was 34, he learned he had been adopted. It’s his faith in God that got him through the tough times, Nehemiah told inmates Thursday in Alexandria at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. “I could choose to feel sorry for myself, or I could use to be inspired,” he said. “ … God loves unconditionally, and I learned that very early.” Nehemiah, a 1984 Super Bowl champion and track and field phenomenon, spoke at the jail as part of a speaker series for adults involved in programs such as education, sober living or English language classes. About 100 men and …
RAJ (Bo) McMerritt
4:46 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
RN class act.... more ›