Eagles Invite Lansdale Man Injured In New Orleans Attack To Super Bowl

LANSDALE, PA — Perhaps more than any city in the world, Philadelphia sports teams take their soul and identity from their fanatical fandom.

It's a reality not lost on the Super Bowl-bound Eagles, who took note when one of the Bird gang was injured during the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year's Day.

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Ryan Quigley, himself a football star at Lansdale Catholic and then later at Princeton University, was visiting New Orleans with his best friend, former teammate Tiger Bech, when the attack occurred.

Quigley was severely injured, suffering a broken fibula, torn ACL, and torn meniscus, among other wounds.

Bech was killed.

Both were huge Birds fans. And while Quigley was in the hospital recovering, the Eagles were carving their way through the NFC. He even went to the Birds game against Los Angeles in the divisional round with Bech's sister, and the pair met some of the Birds players after the game, the team said.

After the Birds beat Washington over the weekend, the Eagles invited Quigley back to their training facility for what they told him was just a tour. When he got there, Eagles players told him they had a ticket for him to come cheer them on in New Orleans in Super Bowl 59 (Watch the clip here).

Quigley said Bech had gone to every Eagles home game during the 2024 season.

"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."

The small gathered group broke into applause.

"One more!" Quigley said.

"One more!" they chanted back.