KALAMAZOO, MI -- Two weeks after a high school football player body slammed an opponent — fracturing his spine in two places, his family said — the two players came together for a moment of reconciliation.

Video of the incident went viral after the Sept. 18 junior varsity football game between Kalamazoo Central High School and Stevensville Lakeshore High School.

The video depicts 15-year-old Player No. 73 on Kalamazoo Central jumping on top of 15-year-old Colton Comer after a tackle.

The families met up at Panera Bread on Saturday, Oct. 4.

“We knew it was a big deal to just get them in front of each other,” said Orlando Little, an advocate for Fatherhood Network representing Player No. 73 and his family.

Colton Comer’s stepmother McKenzie Burbach reached out to Melrose Hensley, Playe

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