ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone let out a huge sigh of relief that his parents have arrived back in the United States from Israel.
"Now, I'm happy," he said with a smile following Thursday's practice.
His parents were among about 50 people affiliated with a Naples, Florida-based church returning from Israel. Anzalone posted on social media Thursday morning that his parents were headed home and his mother later posted that the group arrived safely.
Ahead of practice, he spoke to his mother on the phone when they landed as they were driving over from the Miami airport back to their home in Naples.