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Cam Newton on emotional 24 hours: 'It's tough'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It was an emotional 24 hours for Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, from surprising a 10-year-old boy with a life-threatening disease to hearing 68-year-old special teams coach Bruce DeHaven died of cancer.

"I don't think it has resonated yet,'' Newton said on Wednesday. "I often say that I'm human. For a person to go through certain things and witness certain things and people, it's tough ... it's tough.

"Who am I to question God's doings? You just have to look at it as these are unbelievable people, great people.'

Ten-year-old Taylor Austin Deckard has advanced pulmonary hypertension.