Last night, 7News showed you the decision by National Football Team member Danny Jimenez to return home because of the failing health of his mother, Theresita Jimenez.
It's a tough decision that he had to make because he prioritizes his family at the highest level, but he also is walking away from the biggest opportunity that Team Belize has earned so far.
This evening, he arrived at the PGIA at 3:20, and when he came out, he spoke to media about the urgency of his mother's situation.
Danny Jimenez - Member, Belize National Team
"I got up 3 o'clock this morning to get the 5am flight from Utah to Houston and then I waited three hours in Houston to get the flight to Belize. Before I left Belize, everyone knew the problem with my situation with my mom and unfortunately the situation turn out drastically and I had to come back. I put family first and I would want to the team out there still and hopefully if everything work to plan, then Monday morning I will fly back to Connecticut."
Reporter
"It's a hard question to ask but tell me a little about your emotions coming back to Belize, for the reasons you're back."
Danny Jimenez
"Well it's hard right because I was with the team training but my mind wasn't there - from the moment my brother called me and told me what had happened to my mom; my mom is one of my strongest supporter - she goes to all of my games since I have been playing football and it's just hard to know that she has to go and I just had to come back. I couldn't stay out there knowing that she was on her last moments, I had to be here for her. A lot of the players were telling me to be strong and stay but I told them that I wanted to stay but my mom comes first and I will still support them from here in Belize. My mom is one of my biggest supporter, she's always been there for me - before I left Wednesday morning to go to camp, my mom and I talked about this game and she told me she wanted me to go out there and do my best and prove that Belize could play football. She's a really football fan, she's been to all of my games since I've grown playing football. The last I heard is that she wasn't doing really good and that she was on life support and she got a massive stroke in her head or something to that extent so I don't really know the situation. Right now when I get to the hospital then I will find out more."
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