“God wanted you more…” 49ers star Trent Williams share tragic story of losing twin babies
San Francisco 49ers' defensive tackle Trent Williams and wife Sondra Williams announce the tragic death of their newborn twins
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Trent Williams (image via NY Post)
While other NFL athletes struggled to play the field for a win, the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive tackle had other battles to deal with. Trent Williams and Sondra Williams opened up about their heartbreaking loss to the world on 1st December 2024. Not many days after Thanksgiving, the two shared the tragic loss of both their newborn children.
Sondra Williams took to Instagram to state what was probably her hardest goodbye. Formatting in a reel, Williams shared that her son with Trent Williams, Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr. was stillborn on Sunday, Nov. 24. The post was a slideshow of the baby’s heartbeat and sonogram images, along with her pregnancy journey. Mother Williams took her moment to honor her son, consented to by a grieving Trent Williams, in the caption.
My firstborn and only son, I’ve always wanted you, but God wanted and needed you more.
Sondra Williams wrote
Sondra Williams also expressed her ‘prayers and hopes’ after losing Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr.’s twin early in the pregnancy. She went on to elaborate that Trenton was diagnosed with Trisomy 13, an infrequent genetic condition that follows when an extra copy of chromosome 13 attaches to a pair of chromosomes.
The condition leads to physical abnormalities and severe intellectual disability, with a low survival rate. Furthermore, she, having made peace with the loss, expressed gratitude to have been able to have held their son, knowing he remains without suffering.
After suffering the huge loss himself, Trent Williams mustered up to stand ground with the 49ers. However, his nagging injury completely sidelined him from the match against the Buffalo Bills in Week 13 of the NFL. While it had been a recurring trouble for the offensive tackle, it had begun weeks ago in the 49ers’ 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After him ignoring the same, the injury grew worse leading him to miss 2 consecutive games for the 49ers.
49ers Head coach sheds light on Trent Williams’ tragic loss of newborn son
With all that going on in Trent Williams’s life, for one he had his football family to count on. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan talked about the heavy loss in a recent press conference. The announcement came the same day Williams shared about the loss on social media.
Reflecting on the incident, Shanahan expressed the difficulties of dealing with it as a coach, a friend, and a family. However, he shared the unity of the football team, going through the good and the bad together. Furthermore, he shared that Williams missing the last couple of games also had to do with him processing the loss.
He’s been dealing with that and he’s working through it. We’re all just trying to be here for him through it all.
Kyle Shanahan said
Shanahan shared that the 49ers star took off to bid his son goodbye and cremate him. As of late, the 49ers are being struck with back-to-back losses. In late October, Cornerback Charvarius Ward announced the death of his 1-year-old daughter, Amani Joy due to heart problems. Ward sat out three games before coming back in the previous game against the Bills.
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