Eatonville man, 38, attended parade for Super Bowl winners, then died two days later
Two of the best moments in Adam Norton’s life happened the week the Seattle Seahawks made history.
For a lifelong fan, nothing could top Super Bowl XLVIII. The Eatonville resident watched the clock wind down with tears in his eyes as the Hawks won their first NFL championship in franchise history.
Three days later on Feb. 5 at the victory parade in Seattle, Tracey Norton said her husband was “giddy” as the Vince Lombardi Trophy glided past his family at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Cherry Street.
Then, just two days later, Adam Norton’s heart unexpectedly stopped beating. He was 38 years old, living with a congenital heart defect that appeared to be under control.
“It was just a normal day,” Tracey Norton said. “I felt like I left my body and I haven’t come back into it yet.”
More than a month after Adam’s death, his 12th Man flag still flies outside the family home, where Tracey is raising the couple’s three sons — Cannen, 10; Baley, 13; and Hunter, 15.
The Nortons, gathered around their table last weekend in their Seahawks gear, shuffled through Adam’s memorabilia spread out next to picture collages of the “goofball” husband and father.
The family is adjusting to what Tracey calls “a new normal,” but they continue to live the way Adam did — full of joy, and dressed in blue and green.
“He loved the Seahawks as much as he loved all of us,” she said.
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Two of the best moments in Adam Norton’s life happened the week the Seattle Seahawks made history.
For a lifelong fan, nothing could top Super Bowl XLVIII. The Eatonville resident watched the clock wind down with tears in his eyes as the Hawks won their first NFL championship in franchise history.
Three days later on Feb. 5 at the victory parade in Seattle, Tracey Norton said her husband was “giddy” as the Vince Lombardi Trophy glided past his family at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Cherry Street.
Then, just two days later, Adam Norton’s heart unexpectedly stopped beating. He was 38 years old, living with a congenital heart defect that appeared to be under control.
“It was just a normal day,” Tracey Norton said. “I felt like I left my body and I haven’t come back into it yet.”
More than a month after Adam’s death, his 12th Man flag still flies outside the family home, where Tracey is raising the couple’s three sons — Cannen, 10; Baley, 13; and Hunter, 15.
The Nortons, gathered around their table last weekend in their Seahawks gear, shuffled through Adam’s memorabilia spread out next to picture collages of the “goofball” husband and father.
The family is adjusting to what Tracey calls “a new normal,” but they continue to live the way Adam did — full of joy, and dressed in blue and green.
“He loved the Seahawks as much as he loved all of us,” she said.
Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/03/1 ... rylink=cpy