A high school senior living with epilepsy and Down syndrome suffered a seizure right before her school’s homecoming game. As the seizure left her unstable, she had to take her heels off for the mid-game crowning ceremony. In a heartwarming show of solidarity, her fellow candidates followed suit and took their shoes off to cross the field barefoot.
Nataleigh Deal, from Edgefield, South Carolina, was at the homecoming game on Oct. 4, 2019, at Strom Thurmond High School. She was with her mother, Dawn Ford, and her sister, Carleigh, as her escort when she had an unexpected seizure.
