DennyMcLain
05-02-2009, 08:44 PM
Well, not EXACTLY a tornado
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4127852
IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday.
The storm hit while 27 players were going through workouts. There were about 70 people in the facility, counting coaches, other team personnel and media, officials said.
Ten of the injured were taken by emergency vehicles. Two others went to hospitals on their own.
"This worked out very, very well from a medical point of view," said Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County. "Right now, I think we don't have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation."
DeCamillis was seen putting on a neck brace and being taken out of the team's main office building on a stretcher.
Coach Wade Phillips told the Dallas Morning News that DeCamillis suffered a neck injury, but was moving his hands and talking at the hospital.
Assistant coach Brett Maxie suffered a laceration on his leg, a source told ESPN.com's Matt Mosley. Team scout Chris Hall suffered multiple arm injuries after being trapped underneath the frame, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
"We're lucky no one got electrocuted with all the water in the building," head coach Wade Phillips said. "A couple of players had minor injuries, but they were all right."
Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said all players and coaches were accounted for.
Storms often make loud noises inside the so-called bubble, but this time overhead lights swayed violently, prompting players, coaches, staff members and reporters to vacate the building. Several people were trying to exit the facility as the roof came down at about 4:30 p.m. ET.
According to the Star-Telegram, a portable toilet was blown over outside the facility and blocked an exit.
TV cameraman Paul Riggs found shelter with several offensive lineman under a raised platform when the facility began to collapse, according to the Morning News.
"It fell all around us," Riggs said. "Then it was pure chaos."
LOL... everything IS bigger in Texas.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4127852
IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday.
The storm hit while 27 players were going through workouts. There were about 70 people in the facility, counting coaches, other team personnel and media, officials said.
Ten of the injured were taken by emergency vehicles. Two others went to hospitals on their own.
"This worked out very, very well from a medical point of view," said Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County. "Right now, I think we don't have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation."
DeCamillis was seen putting on a neck brace and being taken out of the team's main office building on a stretcher.
Coach Wade Phillips told the Dallas Morning News that DeCamillis suffered a neck injury, but was moving his hands and talking at the hospital.
Assistant coach Brett Maxie suffered a laceration on his leg, a source told ESPN.com's Matt Mosley. Team scout Chris Hall suffered multiple arm injuries after being trapped underneath the frame, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
"We're lucky no one got electrocuted with all the water in the building," head coach Wade Phillips said. "A couple of players had minor injuries, but they were all right."
Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said all players and coaches were accounted for.
Storms often make loud noises inside the so-called bubble, but this time overhead lights swayed violently, prompting players, coaches, staff members and reporters to vacate the building. Several people were trying to exit the facility as the roof came down at about 4:30 p.m. ET.
According to the Star-Telegram, a portable toilet was blown over outside the facility and blocked an exit.
TV cameraman Paul Riggs found shelter with several offensive lineman under a raised platform when the facility began to collapse, according to the Morning News.
"It fell all around us," Riggs said. "Then it was pure chaos."
LOL... everything IS bigger in Texas.