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Exclusive: Injured Miami Dolphins Player Kendrick Norton Speaks For First Time; “I Am Alive And I Am Grateful”

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — For the first time since a horrible accident on a South Florida highway one week ago, injured Miami Dolphins football player Kendrick Norton is speaking out.

In an exclusive interview with CBS4’s Peter D’Oench, the 22-year-old Kendrick Norton said he realized his dream of playing professional football was over after losing his left arm following the accident but he is trying to make the most of his life and appears to have a remarkable attitude.

With his grandparents and father and sports agent at his bedside inside the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Norton said, “I am ok.