Seattle Seahawk Ricardo Lockette discussed the importance of teamwork and the crucial work trainers exhibit when he visited Redmond Fire Station 11 on March 4.

According to the Redmond Professional Firefighters and Paramedics IAFF Local 2829 Facebook page, Lockette praised his trainers when they “saved his life on the football field in Dallas after that horrible hit during that game.”

“He shared that the expertise and education learned by the EMS community was passed to the trainers years ago…who learned how to backboard and protect cervical spines during these traumatic events and this is why he is alive today… Ricardo Lockette is living proof that training, dedication and education are the components that make us better at our job.”

On a video, which has been removed from Facebook, Lockette said, in part, according to Fox Sports:

“I didn’t really realize how serious it was until it was over. The doctor told me… all the muscles, all the ligaments that connect my vertebrae, and the cartilage between that… the cartilage is out, ligaments are torn.

“He said if I would have stood up then, the weight of my head —€” left, right, front, back — I would have died. If one of my teammates would have came over and pulled my arm, just barely, I might have died. Or if the returner had broken a couple tackles and fell on me, I would have died on that field.

“But what saved my life were the trainers, and the work that you guys do. The trainers came over, and they said they did it perfectly. Perfectly, by the book.”