Saints' Morstead raises $68K for charity after doing 418 pull-ups in 1 hour
New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead hit the gym for a good cause Monday.
Morstead did 418 pull-ups in 60 minutes to raise money for the family of Christopher Cordaro, a former Saints sales account executive who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine carcinoma in the pancreas, liver, bone, spine, scalp, and multiple lymph nodes three years ago.
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"I met (Cordaro) a number of times and just figured I'd go visit him in the hospital," Morstead told team reporter John DeShazier. "He had a really bad diagnosis - I think he had two or three months to live, three years ago. Call it what you want; I call it a miracle.
"He went into remission and he's had a few years now with his family just to be with them and go on vacation. A little bit of borrowed time, almost. He's not doing well now and you just meet people sometimes that kind of impact you. We've gotten super close, we've had some pretty vulnerable conversations. He's just been really faithful."
Morstead has raised $68,875 as of Tuesday afternoon, which will go to a school fund for Cordaro's children.
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