A fundraiser is being held Saturday for a 28-year-old Union City Park football coach who became paralyzed after an accident when he was celebrating with his team. 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Magwood was at Rockbridge Adventures in Peachtree City on Sunday at an end-of-season banquet with his 10-and-younger team when he attempted a front flip from a trampoline into a foam pit. 
 
 
 
 According to a police report, witnesses saw Magwood land in the pit head-first and stop moving. 
 
 
 
 Magwood reportedly was bleeding from his head and mouth and complained of not having feeling in his body. 
 
 
 
 He was taken from the building to a open field nearby where he was placed on a medical helicopter and taken to Atlanta Medical Center. 
 
 
 
 The Union City Park Staff will be hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 13 to assist the family with medical expenses. (Click here to see the flyer) 
 
 
 
 Coach Magwood has devoted countless hours to the youth in the community and we want to honor him during this difficult time. 
 
 
 
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 Football Coach Jonathan Magwood (Photo: Dwayne Eberhart) 
 
 UNION CITY, Ga. - One minute, a Union City football coach was smiling and celebrating with his team. An instant later, he was facing the reality of being paralyzed for life. 
 
 One misstep changed everything. 
 
 It was another season to celebrate for the Union City Eagles -- until the team, age 10 and younger, got a harsh lesson in how quickly life can change. 
 
 "Everyone that you talk to there, they are still in shock and disbelief that something like this could happen to a fine young man," said Dwayne Eberhart. 
 
 At the team's end-of-season banquet, coach Jonathon Magwood suffered an injury as unexpected as it was harsh. 
 
 "He actually jumped into a foam pit and landed incorrectly and broke two vertebrae," Eberhart said. 
 
 Now the once-vibrant coach is possibly facing a lifetime of paralysis. 
 
 He is a coach who never quit moving bodies and hearts. 
 
 "He brought out of the kids something you just can't teach. It's one of those things where he was born with," Eberhart said. 
 
 Since the Nov. 30 accident, Magwood has endured surgery and feeding tubes and something else: the guiding figure is now being guided himself. 
 
 "He's done so much for everyone in the community. Now is the time for us to do something for him," Eberhart said. 
 
 His close friends are fundraising to install needed ramps and other items necessary for long term care in his home. 
 
 Jeremy Campbell writes for WXIA-TV in Atlanta
– The coach of a youth football team in Georgia might be paralyzed for life after a freak accident at an end-of-season celebration, reports USA Today. Jonathan Magwood, 28, was with his 10-and-under Union City Eagles team at a rec facility when he tried to do a flip from a trampoline into a foam pit, reports CBS46.com. Magwood broke two vertebrae while landing. Supporters are now raising money to help cover medical costs and properly equip his house. "He's done so much for everyone in the community," says a friend. "Now is the time for us to do something for him."