CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) --The Chicago Bears put a big smile on the face of one of the young survivors of last summer’s mass shooting in Highland Park.
8-year old Cooper Roberts likes to swim and loves to go to the beach, but in last year’s 4th of July shooting in Highland Park, the boy was left paralyzed from the waist down. His beach visits have been limited, because his regular wheelchair would get stuck in the sand.
Wednesday at Halas Hall, the Bears presented Cooper with a wheelchair specially designed to go over sand. He even got pushed around by quarterback Justin Fields. Cooper’s mom said he left Bears training camp convinced Bears players are his friends and she jokingly said they may soon receive invitations to Cooper’s birthday party.
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