This is the 21st August since Linda Will’s then-22-year-old son, Rashidi Wheeler, collapsed during conditioning drills and died on a Northwestern University football practice field. The Cook County (Ill.) Coroner declared his cause of death a bronchial asthma attack.
“Every moment, from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed, you live it – this recurring nightmare,” Will said. “But August is the worst. We dread August.”