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OT: Collapse at Cowboys training facility.

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:20 am
by Rick
Haters can kiss my go to hell ass. :twisted:

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/cowboy ... 2092457850

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among at least five people injured Saturday when the roof of the team's practice facility collapsed during a storm.

Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said four team support staff members were injured and all players and coaches were accounted
for. He didn't know the extent of the injuries of the four, who he said were hospitalized.

DeCamillis was seen putting on a neck brace and being taken out of the team's main office building on a stretcher.

The roof came down during a severe thunderstorm while the team was going through the second day of a three-day rookie minicamp. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in a TV interview from the Kentucky Derby, said 27 rookies were going through the workout.

Witnesses said lights started flickering and shaking minutes before the collapse, prompting players, coaches, staff members and reporters to vacate the building. Several people were trying to exit the facility as the roof came down.

The storm was producing winds measured at 64 mph just before it struck the Cowboys facility, said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Harris in Fort Worth.

Dalrymple said rescue personnel were still going through the debris to make sure everyone was accounted for.

The roof is a large air-supported canopy with aluminum frames covering a regulation 100-yard football field.

Power was out at the Valley Ranch facility.

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:22 am
by Saint John
I'm sure this, like everything else, will be blamed on Terrell Owens and George Bush. :lol: :roll:

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:35 am
by Rick
Saint John wrote:I'm sure this, like everything else, will be blamed on Terrell Owens and George Bush. :lol: :roll:


Sadly, you can't blame it on these two equally despised idiots. :lol:

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:42 am
by Don
Since this is sports thread, did any one have Mine That Bird? 50 to 1 odds on that fucker.

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:55 am
by portland
Gunbot wrote:Since this is sports thread, did any one have Mine That Bird? 50 to 1 odds on that fucker.



This was something to watch - the jockey was out of control, he owned that track

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:09 pm
by DrFU
Wow ... that must have been scary as hell when that thing collapsed. You guys have had some really sucky weather the last several weeks, eh, Rick?

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:46 pm
by StoneCold
Gunbot wrote:Since this is sports thread, did any one have Mine That Bird? 50 to 1 odds on that fucker.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY-rrAoTl8

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:08 am
by Peartree12249
StoneCold wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Since this is sports thread, did any one have Mine That Bird? 50 to 1 odds on that fucker.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY-rrAoTl8


What a great story! What's amazing is that the horse only cost the owner $9500! I love it. Sure wish I had some money on that horse. 8)

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:41 am
by Rick
DrFU wrote:Wow ... that must have been scary as hell when that thing collapsed. You guys have had some really sucky weather the last several weeks, eh, Rick?


Yep, quite a bit of it. Not tornadoes though. :D

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:12 am
by Maui Tom
Cowboys...collapse...kinda rolls off the tongue don't it? :)

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:23 am
by RedWingFan
Maui Tom wrote:Cowboys...collapse...kinda rolls off the tongue don't it? :)

:lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 7:06 am
by Rick
RedWingFan wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:Cowboys...collapse...kinda rolls off the tongue don't it? :)

:lol:
Image both of you. :lol:

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 7:12 am
by StoneCold
Peartree12249 wrote:
StoneCold wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Since this is sports thread, did any one have Mine That Bird? 50 to 1 odds on that fucker.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY-rrAoTl8


What a great story! What's amazing is that the horse only cost the owner $9500! I love it. Sure wish I had some money on that horse. 8)


1st it got squashed out the gate, then it had to deal with everybody in front.

Would've loved to see what that horse could do head up against one of those other 3. It literally left them in the dust so wonder how much more it could've done without the initial setbacks.

Re: OT: Collapse at Cowboys training facility.

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:29 am
by Peartree12249
Rick wrote:Haters can kiss my go to hell ass. :twisted:

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/cowboy ... 2092457850

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among at least five people injured Saturday when the roof of the team's practice facility collapsed during a storm.

Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said four team support staff members were injured and all players and coaches were accounted
for. He didn't know the extent of the injuries of the four, who he said were hospitalized.

DeCamillis was seen putting on a neck brace and being taken out of the team's main office building on a stretcher.

The roof came down during a severe thunderstorm while the team was going through the second day of a three-day rookie minicamp. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in a TV interview from the Kentucky Derby, said 27 rookies were going through the workout.

Witnesses said lights started flickering and shaking minutes before the collapse, prompting players, coaches, staff members and reporters to vacate the building. Several people were trying to exit the facility as the roof came down.

The storm was producing winds measured at 64 mph just before it struck the Cowboys facility, said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Harris in Fort Worth.

Dalrymple said rescue personnel were still going through the debris to make sure everyone was accounted for.

The roof is a large air-supported canopy with aluminum frames covering a regulation 100-yard football field.

Power was out at the Valley Ranch facility.


You know Rick, if you guys had St. Vince on your side this never would have happened.




Image

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:10 pm
by Blueskies
Rich Behm, scouting assistant, age 33...is now paralyzed from the waist down due to this collapse... :cry:

PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2009 4:51 am
by YoungJRNY
Well, there goes the Cowboys season.. (and the excuse to go along with it.)

Pretty sad to hear a man was paralyzed. Unfortunate event and it couldn't of been avoided. Hope anyone who is injured makes a fast recovery.