Ed WeeksFounder & M&A Advisor, Weeks Consulting Group · Founder & M&A Advisor | Lower Middle Market at Weeks Consulting Group

I Snapped My Ankle Playing Travel Soccer… But This Miracle Saved Me #Shorts

21 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube Shorts video, the speaker recounts a severe injury sustained while playing travel soccer in Germany. He describes breaking his tibia and fibula and snapping his ankle, vividly recalling the painful sound and intense pain that followed. He explains that a trained individual on the field intervened, providing immediate care that prevented the need for surgery and avoided further complications. The speaker concludes by expressing gratitude and feeling fortunate to have escaped more serious outcomes.

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Like, we played in Germany. We had so much fun, but I also suffered a pretty nasty injury, broken tibia, fibula, snapped ankle. Foot was dangling like this, back before you ever saw any of the— you see these injuries now. I often grab my own leg, often grab my own leg because it's like, oh my God. I immediately go back to that ugly sound that it made. the pain that came and the swearing and all the things. But, you know, luckily someone was just trained in that arena and saved me surgery and many, many more complications. You know, I'm blessed to be, uh, lucky and fortunate enough that I didn't have to go through all that.