"Bruce Perry" is a former American football running back in the National Football League who was released by the Philadelphia Eagles (on January 2, 2007) to make room for veteran quarterback Koy Detmer's return to the team. He has since signed as a free agent with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

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Tom Heckert (vice president of player personnel) and my running backs coach (Ted Williams) both called me and told me they still want me here.

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That's just the business.

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I did all I could do and that?s all I can ask. I thought I had a good camp and now all I can do is put it in the Lord?s hands.

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Everything's great. I haven't had a problem out of anything.

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Finally getting that call saying I was on the team? Needless to say I was very happy. This is my hometown. Then, the next day, my dreams came crashing down. I understand that this is a business and you can't take stuff personally, but it was a very, very tough time.

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You can't worry about what you can't control. I worry about how I play on the field. As long as I'm doing well, I can be satisfied.

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She told me it would be good to get away for a day and clear my mind, so we went to Great Adventure. She made me ride the Kingda Ka, but I kept my eyes closed the whole time.

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But this is home for me. I've grown a lot since I came here. I feel like I've come a long way as a player the last two years. I want to be here and I realized that the organization wants me here, too.

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More than 35 percent of the children exposed to a single traumatic event will develop serious mental health problems ... The real crisis of Katrina is the hundreds of thousands of ravaged, displaced and traumatized children.

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