A freak weather system intensified overnight. It wasn't a predicted storm; it was an anomaly. The town was hit with a surge that leveled the boardwalk and flooded the main street. When the sun rose, the town's pride—the historic pier—was gone.
The next morning, the lead contractor found Elias looking at the waterline on the building’s side. Any Given Sunday
But the community center stood. It became the only dry place in the district, serving as the makeshift hospital and shelter for three hundred people. A freak weather system intensified overnight
Elias thought about his father, a high school football coach who used to say, "You don't practice for the games you know you'll win; you practice for the Sunday you might lose." Any Given Sunday