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Fremd Special Teams Coordinator Brock Schiffer on Standing for the National Anthem

Fremd Special Teams Coordinator Brock Schiffer, a veteran who was paralyzed while serving in the Navy, talks about his team helping him stand for the national anthem.

Some suburban high school football players helped their wheelchair-bound coach stand during the national anthem before Friday night’s homecoming game.
Coach Brock Shiffer is a first-year special teams coordinator at William Fremd High School in Palatine. He’s been with the football team for six years. Read the story from NBC 5 Chicago here.