Baltimore Ravens Cornerback Jimmy Smith said Thursday that he has been suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder Since he and his family were robbed at gunpoint in February.
Smith said at a press conference after the team’s training on Thursday: “Go into the store and be with anyone wearing a mask or headscarf. Until today, this really made my heart pounding.” “It’s terrible. condition.”
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Not long after checking in at a nearby hotel, Smith was getting off a car in a store to buy juice. Angel At the international airport on the night of February 9th, he was surrounded by three masked men with guns. Smith said that the woman who was in the car with him, his girlfriend, was pregnant, and pointed a gun at her belly. During the robbery, his three young children were also in the car.
“The coward ran towards you with three guns,” National Football League The player said at a press conference. “You don’t know if you will lose your life at that moment.”
Smith added that he noticed that he was followed to two fast food restaurants and then returned to the hotel before being robbed.
“The crazy thing is that I saw it coming,” Smith said. “You know, you have this weird feeling when something bad happens. I have a weird feeling. I didn’t listen. I jumped out of the car and saw someone rushing towards me with a gun. They surrounded me. Live me. All you can think of is “I want to live, I want to get out of here.” “At that moment, jewelry is not important. These are not important.”
Smith first revealed that this happened a few days later his personal Facebook On the page, the Ravens issued a team statement saying that they knew what had happened and had contacted him. It was not until Thursday that Smith discussed the robbery with reporters publicly, and did not publish the police report that night.
Speaking of the robbery on Thursday, Smith added that he does not expect the robbers to be arrested, although he said they will face some form of punishment during their lifetime.
“You won’t catch those people. This happens around California,” Smith said. “I won’t say I want them to die, but they will get what is coming.”
Smith was selected by the Ravens in the first round in 2011, and he has been playing for the team ever since. He recently signed a one-year, $2.5 million renewal contract, which will keep him in Baltimore until the 2021 season.
