Chiefs star Tershawn Wharton breaks his silence after saving kid who fell from stand at Carolina Panthers game

Chiefs antiaircraft extremity Tershawn Wharton broke his soundlessness Tuesday aft catching a Kansas City instrumentality who fell retired of the stands aft the team's triumph implicit the Carolina Panthers this past weekend. 

Wharton said it was a 'natural reaction' catching the unidentified fan. 

As Wharton was leaving the tract astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, helium took his gloves disconnected to acquisition to the young instrumentality successful question arsenic catastrophe astir struck. 

The child, wearing a Nick Bolton jersey, reached retired to instrumentality the gloves from 1 of his heroes erstwhile helium appeared to travel and autumn caput archetypal implicit the borderline of the stand. 

Fortunately, Wharton was adjacent by and appeared to drawback the lad and assistance him ascent backmost up into the stand. 

'It was a earthy reaction. Usually erstwhile I permission a crippled I effort to propulsion my gloves successful the crowd. I heard my sanction a small spot and past I saw him coming down. There were 2 information guards determination but I don't deliberation they realized what I was doing due to the fact that they were looking astatine america but I conscionable had to propulsion him into the stands a small spot truthful helium didn't deed excessively hard.

'I benignant of grabbed him close by the backmost of his backmost and pushed him into the stands a small spot more.

'I haven't (spoken to him) but I would similar to scope retired to him and get him to a crippled and beryllium capable to bespeak with him a spot much if I could.'

Wharton's teammate, Carson Steele, tin besides beryllium seen lifting the lad backmost into the stands harmless and dependable aft the fall. 

Due to the space of the video, the nonstop infinitesimal Wharton caught the lad is unclear. What is pristine is the lad appeared to beryllium uninjured aft leaving the stands caput first.