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Story Archives: McGraw still has heart of competitor


McGraw still has heart of competitor
by Joey Martin - posted E-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Torrey Dixon remembers that day back in January of 2007 when Vidalia High teammate and close friend Jacob McGraw was running laps during basketball practice when he stopped, leaned against the wall and then fell to the floor in a fetal position.

"I ran past him and then I slowed up," Dixon said. "I was thinking, 'Wow, what just happened.' I was kind of in a state of shock."

McGraw underwent testing at a Jackson hospital where it was discovered the artery of his heart was on the wrong side. He underwent surgery in New Orleans on September 16, 2007, one day before his birthday.

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