7 Injured, 1 Critically in Dallas Cowboys Mishap

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A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant suffered a broken back and was permanently paralyzed after the collapse of the team's practice canopy during a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday.

So sad.

Six other people were also taken to the hospital, none with injuries as severe.

Watch footage of the practice facility collapsing (above).

Posted: May 4, 2009 at 9:15 am / Email this »

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23 comments to “7 Injured, 1 Critically in Dallas Cowboys Mishap”

addieT says – reply to this

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sad…
joeharter1 says – reply to this

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Posting video footage of a disaster in which people were hurt, including one man being paralyzed? Morbid much, Perez?
bluesft5 says – reply to this

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it wasn't a canopy, it was actually their indoor practice facility.
bengalchick says – reply to this

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not cool! yikes!
JigSaw says – reply to this

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damn perez, didnt this happen last week?
atoz143 says – reply to this

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i live in dallas & that storm was scary stuff. i didnt realize the scout was permanently paralyzed. sending good vibes.
berryg says – reply to this

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As much as I hate the Cowboys, my heart goes out to those who were injured. What's up with the guy telling the player to take his helmet off? I would have left that helmet on until I got into bed that night.
KidKoala says – reply to this

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jeez, i'm from europe and i saw that yesterday on the news! and no, perez must've still been up and "working" at that time.
justtfax says – reply to this

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this was all over the news yesterday perez. GO BACK TO DOING GOSSIP. YOU ARE AS SLOW AS A NEWSPAPER. SLOWER. and bluesft5 is right, it is not really a canopy, it was a temporary indoor practice facility for their incoming rookie players. since the winds were equaled those of a tornado, they were lucky no one was killed, another person's vertabrae was broken, but he will be fine, and one was going under surgery for a fx. leg. they are lucky not more were injured.
Gossip Gangster says – reply to this

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Im not gonna lie to me it looked like the football players werent really doing anything about it they just let the other people get the injured out. all the players did was point them out. i think football players would have a much easier time getting somebody out of the tent.
SWEETPIECE! says – reply to this

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Really scary!
Poor guy.
That tornado thing was weird, fucking scary!
:(
29 says – reply to this

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dude, this happened on saturday!!!! get off your fatass and do some actual work!
29 says – reply to this

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Re: atoz143 – yes it was scary. rowlett and arlington got it bad too. the tree in our back yard was split in half by lightning and power was out for a while.
tarabelle1228 says – reply to this

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wheres the part where they look for the injured? they all seem to be just climbing out and leaving…
ebabymomma says – reply to this

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Good thing people don't count on you (Perez) for up-to-date info. Holy crap–all your stuff is so old!
asamra says – reply to this

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12 people were taken to the hospital. and it was the practice field not a canopy.
Overthetop says – reply to this

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Uh it happened on Saturday and all the other media outlets have already beaten this sotry to death– try to steal the stories a little qicker Perez.
michelle687 says – reply to this

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i live in dallas, that thunderstorm was seriously out of control!!
aaabbbccc says – reply to this

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Talk about equal rights–my sister is a paraplegic and has been for over 20 years from an accident. Talk about not getting in places, not getting in restaurants, friends homes, SUVs, beaches, lakes, docks etc….
atoz143 says – reply to this

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Re: berryg – it was a thunder/lightening storm….he was wearing a conducting on his head!
Karabear says – reply to this

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I live a mile away from where that happened…. it was crazy!!!!
lil_one says – reply to this

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i live in Valley Ranch a few blocks down, that storm was pretty scary. Strange to pass by there later and see nothing from where it once stood.
eatmoremonkey says – reply to this

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Hahahahahahahahaha!!