Palisades High soccer star Shane Thomas was focused on a summer of development with FC Golden State, then he suddenly died after practice. Here’s what we know.
John Thomas would happily wake up at 5:30 a.m. to drive his son, Shane, from their home in View Park-Windsor Hills to Palisades High for three years. A 16-mile drive could take more than one hour in morning traffic. The drive home would take even longer. He also attended every Palisades soccer game, where Shane was the team’s leading scorer, with 19 goals last season.
Last Saturday, on one of the hottest days of the year, the club team held a 10 a.m. training session to prepare for tournament play this fall. John and Valerie found a shaded area to watch and had their usual cooler filled with drinks. Shane made sure he stayed hydrated with water and electrolytes. By 11:25 a.m., when practice was finished, the temperature was headed toward a noon high of 111 degrees, according to weather reports.“We watched him the whole practice.
“He was an incredible person, an incredible teammate, an incredible leader,” Palisades coach Marvin Lemus said. “He was on varsity since ninth grade. He was vocal and you could feel his presence.”“His attitude was one of a kind,” Munoz said. “He was always early. He was always ready to learn, always asked questions.”“It was a team,” he said. “It was Shane and John. I was very glad to see a parent that involved in his son’s future.
“I’m pleading and begging with them to petition to make a rule,” he said. “I would love for it to be the Shane Thomas rule. We don’t want to place blame. But [the heat] was a clear, possible factor.”Training had been moved to an earlier time to lessen exposure to the heat, and there were other teams working out on the grass fields, Nordberg said. “There was no excess running. It was very limited,” he said.
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