>> WELCOME BACK 9.15 IF YOU WATCH GMSA ON A REGULAR BASIS ONE THANK YOU
TO YOU PROBABLY NOTICED A
FAMILIAR FACE IT THE MISSING
FROM THE NEWSCAST FOR MANY
WEEKS NOW ARE VERY AND
SARAH ACOSTA SUFFERED A
RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDON BACK
IN MARCH. HE’S BEEN RECOVERING
FROM SURGERY EVER SINCE BUT
THIS MORNING, SHE’S BACK AT
WORK AND SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE
FROM HER HOME TO TELL US MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED GOOD
MORNING, SARAH WELCOME BACK
AGAIN. SARAH WAS GOOD TO SEE
THIS MORNING. I DID YOU KNOW
YOU’RE COMING BACK TODAY
BECAUSE AGAIN LIKE I SAID IT
FEELS LIKE YOU’VE BEEN GONE
6 MONTHS BUT IT HASN’T BEEN 6
MONTHS HAS A
6 MONTH MARK MARK SPREADING SO
MANY ROUTE 96 MUCH BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WHY.
>> IT’S BEEN 8 2 MONTHS NOT 6 HAS KIND OF FELT LIKE 6 MONTHS THOUGH, LET ME TELL
GOING FROM
GETTING ABOUT 4 HOURS OF SLEEP
AND HAVING THAT ALARM SET ALARM
GO OFF AT 2.30 IN
THE MORNING TO 11 HOURS OF
SLEEP FOR 2 MONTHS STRAIGHT.
IT’S BEEN REALLY REALLY THIS
MORNING WITH A LITTLE
REST AT.
>> YOU CAN TAKE IN THE AIR.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WE SAID YOU
YOU’RE ACTUALLY YOU’RE KILLING
2 HOW DID YOU RUPTURE YOUR
ACHILLES.
>> USED TO BE A SUPER COMPETITIVE TENNIS PLAYER PLAYED IN CARS AND CHAT AS A
NEW IN DALLAS.
I STARTED PLAYING
AGAIN AND IT POPPED OUT OF
NOWHERE, IT’S WEIRD LIKE WHEN
YOU.
>> IT’S CALLED GETTING OLD, I
I USED TO FEEL THE PLAY A SUPER IN LIKE HIGH LEVEL AND THINGS WOULD JUST POP.
IT WAS LIKE THE
LEAST TENDON I DIDN’T KNOW IT
WAS I THOUGHT A BALL HIT US
LIKE HER JUST PET.
REAL
QUICK WHAT’S WHEN YOU RUPTURED
YOU’RE IT. WHEN HE RUPTURED
ACHILLES IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT
REALLY ABOUT TOP POLICE ARE NOT
NO I DO NOT WANT TO EXPERIENCE
THAT.
>> WE’VE ONLY GOT LIKE A MINUTE
LEFT BUT WE’RE GOING TO TRY AND
DRAG ON A LITTLE LONGER SARAH
WHAT’S THE RECOVERY BEEN LIKE
IN ALL THIS COINCIDED WITH
COURSE THE PANDEMIC COMING OUT
ALMOST A IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THE TIME YOUR GET GET SURGERY TALK JUST REAL QUICK ABOUT BOTH
THOSE THINGS.
>> MY SURGERY WAS MARCH
13TH AND AND I GOT IN THERE.
AND MARCH 14TH THE VERY NEXT
DAY WAS KIND OF THE DAY WHEN
EVERYTHING CLOSED DOWN FOR THE
AND THE DOCTORS LIKE YOU CAN DRIVE YOU CAN’T WALK COULD JUST EAT YOU LIKE UP WITH THAT YOUR
LEG UP SO IT ACTUALLY GO INSIDE
IT REALLY WELL I WAS ABLE JUST
TO STAY HOME.
I READ ABOUT 6 BOOKS I CAN’T GO
ON WALKS FOR EXERCISE, BUT I
CAN USE CRUTCHES SO I DIDN’T
USING CRUTCHES UP AND DOWN MY
STREET, I HAVE A WHEELCHAIR TO
GET AROUND IN MY DOGS ALERTED
MUSH ME IN THE WHEELCHAIR.
WE THEY PULL ME OVER THE UP AND
DOWN
THE STREET.
>> IT SCARED DOG SLED RACE IT.
PRETTY MUCH I WAS INSPIRED >> TOGO LET’S LISTEN MOVING ON DISNEY PLUS TOGO, WHERE THE
DOGS
>> BUT YEAH I’VE BEEN READING A
LOT RESTING A LOT SLEEPING A
LOT.
ALL RIGHT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT SO FOR FOR PEOPLE WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED YOU
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT YOUR INJURY
WAS SARAH CAME TO WORK.
>> AND SHE
WENT LIVE. YEAH TOUGH TO TOUGH
IT OUT YES, SHE IS SHE A LIVE
SHOT AN EAST COAST, A TOUGH GUY
DEFINITELY I DEFINITELY PAID
FOR THAT.
>> THE DOCTORS LIKE YOU
DID WHAT WAS IT YOUR BACK BUT
NOW WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’LL BE
ABLE TO GO BACK ON THE FIELD
TARA.
>> SHE THERE SHE FROZEN OR K HOW MUCH TO ACTUALLY GO BACK DOWN THE
FIELD.
I’M I’M I’M IF THE DOCTOR THERE’S ANYTHING. >> WELL THAT’S
OKAY. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
BACK AT LEAST YOU CAN WORK FROM
HOME AND WE COULD STILL SEE
THAT’S RIGHT ALL RIGHT SARA
GREAT HAVING YOU BACK BUT HERE
WE DID MISS YOU VERY VERY MUCH
GOOD TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACE.
>> WELCOME BACK.