🙏💙 ONE BOY. ONE FIELD. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE REFUSING TO GIVE UP ON XAVIER.

Four months ago, 12-year-old Xavier Taylor was preparing for a baseball game.

Today, the same community where he once played is gathering to pray for him.

On September 19, friends, teammates, family members and supporters filled Karcher Field in Maple Shade, New Jersey, for a Night of Prayer & Praise dedicated to Xavier. Many wore blue and yellow shirts carrying the number he wore on the field: No. 6.

Xavier was critically injured on May 26 when a baseball struck him during pregame warmups. He was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital and placed on a ventilator. His father, Gregory Taylor, has described the incident as a freak accident and said there was no one to blame.

Since that day, the baseball field has become something much bigger than a place to play.

It has become a place to remember Xavier.

A place to pray.

A place to hope.

And now, his family says there are signs of progress.

Gregory Taylor recently said Xavier has gained weight and is regulating his own body temperature. He remains on a ventilator, but has been moved from the hospital to a short-term care facility, and his father said his latest lab work has been encouraging.

The support surrounding the family has also continued to grow.

More than $100,000 has been raised, while signs honoring Xavier have appeared throughout Maple Shade. Earlier in the summer, the Ben Franklin Bridge and Camden City Hall were illuminated in blue for him.

For the people who gathered on that field, the message was simple:

Xavier is still part of this community.

His teammates are still waiting.

His family is still hoping.

And the people who have prayed for him from the beginning are still standing beside him.

His father once told a crowd, “My son Xavier loves this game. He will play this game again.”

Tonight, the community is still holding onto those words.

💙 KEEP FIGHTING, XAVIER.