Tonight's CNN report that features J.H. Rose High School will show that although North Carolina has concussion awareness legislation, some high schools across the country still operate without certified athletic trainers available.

The special report 'Big Hits, Broken Dreams' by Dr. Sanjay Gupta premieres at 8 p.m. During the documentary, Sharon Rogers, an assistant professor in East Carolina’s department of health education and promotion, compares a high school student playing football without an athletic trainer present to a young person swimming in a pool without lifeguard supervision.

J.H. Rose was in that position in 2008 when 16-year-old running back Jaquan Waller died as a result of suffering two concussions in roughly a 48-hour span. Waller was checked out by the team’s first responder, but not a certified athletic trainer.

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