A one-hour special on the recovery of Buffalo Bills tight end
Kevin Everett from what appeared to be a life-threatening dislocation of his cervical spine in a game last September airs on ESPN2 Friday at 5 p.m. But, when you consider how the story has become property of Disney, Inc., it might not be so special.
Bob Woodruff, the ABC News correspondend who himself recovered from traumatic brain injury while reporting in Iraq,
does the interview with Everett from his rehab in Houston.
Portions of that interview will air tonight on ABC's "World News" and "Nightline" and will re-air Friday morning on "Good Morning America." Yup, it's become a Disney news event.
Coincidentally, Everett's interview coincides with the release of a book this week on his experience,
"Standing Tall," with Sam Carchidi (Triumph Books, 224 pages, $16.95), a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer who had to do an exceptional job to get it cranked out this quickly.