Rockets C Capela affected by Paris attacks
DENVER — Houston Rockets second-year center Clint Capela, who grew up near Paris, said he’s spoken to relatives who live in Paris about the series of unprecedented terrorist attacks that occurred Friday.
“It hurts me a lot,” Capela said prior to the Rockets’ game against the Denver Nuggets Friday night. “It was last year, the same thing happened. That’s hard for me because this is like my country because I grew up there. I have relatives up there in Paris, a city like that, means a lot. I have some cousins over there, family. It’s really bothering me. I’m really sad about that, that’s hard.”
Caplea was born in Geneva, Switzerland, grew up in Chalon, France and played high school ball at Bois de Vincennes, just outside of Paris.
Capela said he would visit Paris during the summer months once school was over.
“I called my mom and she told me, ‘Things happen, you got to get through it, fight through it,'” Capela said. “I called my cousin’s family in Paris, they are all sad, all scared. But things happen in the world, it’s not like just in Paris, it happens all around the world. Just have to live with it and fight through it.”
The explosions were part of a series of terror attacks, the deadliest to hit Paris since World War II. Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman says at least 118 were killed in multiple acts of violence, including shootings at restaurants and a hostage-taking at a music venue. The number of casualties is expected to rise.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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