Concerned teammates of Springfield Blitz'n Bears' lineman Mike Letellier give him words encouragement as a trainer checks out an injury that sent him to the hospital. Later, while being taken off the field, a teammate told him not to let the hospital personnel cut off his shirt.

The two strongest elements of this photo are the concerned looks on the faces of Letellier's teammates and the EMT holding his hand as she tries to determine how serious his injury is. Some of his teammates said, after he was taken to the hospital, that his ribs got badly banged up and possibly broken.

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