Tosser, seat belts will not compensate for shitty secondhand tyres pal
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From: Madiba Saidy <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:26 PM
Subject: Please wear your seat belt
> Not to sound cruel, but this is as good a time as any to remind all of us:
>
> WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.
>
> May the soul of the departed rest in peace.
>
> Cheers,
> Madiba.
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>
> > By MARK LONG
> > .c The Associated Press
> >
> > MIAMI (Feb. 8) -- NFL star Derrick Thomas died Tuesday in a hospital
where he
> > was being treated for injuries from a car crash that left him paralyzed
from
> > the chest down.
> >
> > Doctors were expected to give details about the death later in the day,
> > Jackson Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Lorraine Nelson said. Kansas City
> > Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt told WDAF-TV in Kansas City that Thomas had an
> > embolism, a blockage in a blood vessel.
> >
> > Hunt said team president Carl Peterson visited Thomas on Monday.
> >
> > "He said Derrick was very upbeat yesterday and felt so positive,'' Hunt
said.
> > "And Carl felt so positive.''
> >
> > The 33-year-old linebacker was injured Jan. 23 when the speeding car he
was
> > driving flipped on an icy road. A friend was killed in the crash.
> >
> > Thomas and two companions had been heading to the Kansas City airport to
fly
> > to St. Louis for the NFC title game.
> >
> > "It is a devastating tragedy to the Kansas City Chiefs family, the
people of
> > Kansas City, the fans of the National Football League, and also to me,
> > personally,'' Peterson said.
> >
> > Thomas broke his spine and neck in the crash and wound up semiconscious
with
> > no feeling in his legs. He was flown to Miami, his hometown, for surgery
and
> > rehabilitation.
> >
> > Doctors decompressed his spinal cord and stabilized the spinal column
with
> > screws, rods and hooks and implant bone grafts from Thomas' hip.
> >
> > The hospital is the home of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the
world's
> > largest spinal cord injury research center, and its surgeons have
operated on
> > race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi and other athletes.
> >
> > Thomas and passenger Michael Tellis, 49, of Kansas City, Kan., were not
> > wearing seat belts and were thrown from the car, police said. Tellis was
> > killed instantly and a third passenger who was wearing his seat belt was
> > treated and released.
> >
> > Thomas, a nine-time Pro Bowl player, was one of the game's most feared
pass
> > rushers and a popular athlete in Kansas City. Flags were lowered to half
> > staff at Arrowhead Stadium.
> >
> > He holds the NFL one-game record of seven sacks and ranks ninth on the
career
> > list. His seven sacks against Seattle in 1990 came on Veterans Day. He
> > dedicated his effort to his father, an Air Force pilot killed in Vietnam
in
> > Operation Linebacker II.
> >
> > "He has done so much for this team and our city during the time that he
had
> > with us,'' Peterson said. "He had so much love for the game, for his
> > teammates and for our town. Our prayers go out to Derrick's family to
his
> > fellow teammates and to our fans who knew Derrick. A light has gone
out.''
> >
> > AP-NY-02-08-00 1211EST
>
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