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Jimmy was injured in a fall on March 8 in Geneva and was in a coma at Delnor Hospital in St. Charles. He came out of the coma in April but remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Delnor.
A prayer service for former EIU men's soccer player Jimmy Klatter was held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston.
Jimmy played for the Panthers from 2002-05 and was a four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree, highlighted by consecutive First Team kudos during his upperclassman seasons. He scored 31 goals during his career, the seventh most in program history. He later received an invitation to the MLS Senior Combine and was drafted by the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
Daily Eastern News story on Jimmy's condition from the March 20 edition. Story by Scott Richey.
Laura Klatter was in New Orleans on March 8 when she got a phone call from her dad with news she said no family member wants to hear.
Her younger brother, Jimmy Klatter, a former Eastern soccer player from 2002-06, had fallen from a balcony and fractured the back of his skull on a brick wall.
Within three hours, Laura was on a flight back to Chicago with help from her friends who packed her a bag and helped her get a plane ticket back home.
"There's no way this is happening," Laura said was the first thing she thought when she heard what had happened. "I actually had to give my friend, Amy, the phone. I was just pacing back and forth."
Andrew Klatter, Jimmy's younger high school-age brother, was at home in Geneva when his dad broke the news of Jimmy's accident.
"He started off telling me that Jimmy got into an accident, and right away I thought of a car accident," Andrew said.
Eastern senior forward Mick Galeski was teammates with Jimmy during his freshman season.
Galeski said he was supposed to meet Jimmy in Chicago the day of the accident, but Jimmy had to cancel. Galeski said he got a phone call from one of Jimmy's friends a few hours later.
"My heart broke," Galeski said. "Jimmy was my captain my freshman year."
Galeski said Jimmy was the veteran on the team that took him under his wing.
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