kelly janz, as you heard tragically lost her son jake to a second impact syndrome in 2004. kelly, i'm so proud of you because what you did is, you were instrumental in ensuring concussions are taken seriously in youth sports and the information they need. as the chairman mentioned, in 20 jakee governor signed the youth concussion act. our secondis in panel and she is from the colorado school of public health and like me, a colorado native. she is one of the leading injury,in sports epidemiology. her database gathers information on injury exposure and incidence among high school athletes. she looks at injury patterns , like examining the correlation between neck strength and concussion risk to inform prevention and litigation strategies. i want to thank you also for making you the sports safer. i want to thank everybody who is here today to help us figure this out. and i also really want to say, we want to see sports succeed. i can't let this hearing go by without congratulating the world champion, denver broncos, for example, which i have season tickets. and i also want to s

kelly janz. she is the mother of jake's and a convert. ake passed away after suffering from second impact syndrome, following her son's death. ms. janz has become a dedicated activists, committed from raising awareness for youth sports. we thank you for your testimony and we look for to your insight on this matters. i also want to welcome ms. karen's eagle, she is president of the patrick cte awareness foundation. the foundation was foundation was created in memory of her son, patrick who i enjoyed reading about and his football career. he passed away after suffering from cte. thank you for your testimony today, we look for to your comments. i think you're think you're where this committee is holding a hearing and in doing so has the practice of taking testimony under oath, do any of you object from testifying under a? >> see no objection we advised that under the rosa housing committee you are entitled to be advised by counsel. do either of you wish to be -- i will swear you and. >> do you swear the testimonies the truth, the whole truth,

my name is kelly janz, i am the mom to jake's naked burg. my son was your typical all-american boy devoted to sports, his friends, and her family. jake was often referred to as her social butterfly. he had a big heart and genuinely cared for those in his life. he had a joy about him that others could not resist. his a big a big brother summed it up best when he said jake drank up life like it was pouring from a fire hose. he gave 110% and everything, especially sports. on september 18, 2004 jake got up at 6:15 a.m. in anticipation of his freshman football game. he loved football and all its offered, the physical challenge, this spirit of competition, and most of all the friendship that were involved. he was excited about playing this game because he had been held out of a few practices because the week prior he had suffered an injury where his arms and hands went numb and tingly. what he described to us sounded like maybe he tweaked his core strength is now. he had had not lost consciousness, he did not see stars, you would not have associat