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Ryan Quigley, a 2016 graduate of the Lansdale parochial school, survived the terrorism incident.
The former Lansdale Catholic and Princeton University football star who was injured in the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year’s Day is headed to the Super Bowl.
The night that the Birds beat Washington, the Eagles invited Ryan Quigley, 26, to their training facility for what he thought was a special tour. It turned out to be a rally from the players who handed him a ticket to cheer for them on Sunday in Super Bowl 59.
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(Credit: Instagram)Quigley, a 2016 Lansdale Catholic graduate and a 2020 Princeton graduate who worked at Seaport Global brokerage firm, based in New York City, was visiting New Orleans that fateful day with his best friend, former Princeton teammate and co-worker Tiger Bech.
Quigley suffered a broken fibula, a torn ACL, a torn meniscus, and other wounds. Bech was killed in the attack.
"I told him, I promised him, if they make it, I'm gonna take him to the Super Bowl," Quigley said. "So I'd love nothing more than to still take him."
Quigley and Bech, 27, were on a holiday hunting and fishing trip with other college football friends in Louisiana.
The snowboard and swimming enthusiast is the son of Paul, of Ocean City, NJ, and Kelley Quigley, of Lower Gwynedd Township, and has two younger siblings, Kyle and Regan.
At Lansdale Catholic, Quigley was a two-time MVP of the Philadelphia Catholic League as running back, wide receiver and punt returner, and a two-time first-team All-Catholic League running back and defensive back. He helped lead the Crusaders to the PCL Championship game.
Bech was a wide receiver at Princeton from 2017 to 2019. He was one of 15 killed in the ramming attack by an ISIS-inspired Army veteran identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a Texas resident and U.S. citizen.
Lansdale Catholic President Meghan Callen told 6abc that the community was incredibly proud of Quigley and were hopeful and praying for his full recovery.
