When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.
“As I got closer to the hospital, I began to pray out loud, it was pretty basic and primal: ‘Please God, please God, please, please, please, please, please God, please God, please, please, please,’” he recounted Thursday to an Ontario legislative committee.