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Ravens award Super Bowl tickets to Van Brooks, Loyola Blakefield athlete paralyzed on the field

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BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Ravens surprised Van Brooks, the team's Inspire Change Award winner, with tickets to the Super Bowl Thursday. 

Brooks is a former star athlete at Loyola Blakefield, a private school in Towson, who was paralyzed on the field after he broke his neck in 2004. 

Brooks is the founder of the SAFE, a nonprofit that says it provides afterschool, weekend, and summer learning educational opportunities through vocational programs for Baltimore youth. 

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