Ben Roethlisberger Released From Hospital

yahoo.com ^ | 6/15/06 | unknown

[beyond the sea]

Channel 4 Action News is reporting sources said Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been released from the hospital.

A source inside Mercy Hospital told Channel 4 Action News Roethlisberger was whisked out a side entrance of the hospital sometime between 11 p.m. Wednesday and midnight Thursday.

That source told the station the star quarterback was surrounded by his sister, a Steelers representative and a doctor.

[beyond the sea]

Showing more stealth than Sandy Berger with documents or Bill Clinton sneaking out of the White House at night to see Monica ......... Ben escaped under the cover of darkness.

[beyond the sea]

Roethlisberger Escape .............. ping.

[WayneM]

His new name is Toothlessberger.

Maybe a helmet isn't such a bad idea after all.

[yankeedame]

Did he leave under his own power or was he on a gerny (sp?)?

[beyond the sea]

Someone (Jim Quinn) who has ridden bikes for 40 years, and I trust him, suggested on his radio show for the past days, that if Ben had had on one of those full helmets with the face protection (the thing that looks like a big bird) he could have hit that window, his head could have snapped back very quickly, and he could be a quadriplegic today. So, that's just one thing to think of.

But..... if I ever got on a motorcycle, I'd wear a helmet.

[frithguild]

Does anybody have a link to the eyewitness interview?

[beyond the sea]

Did he leave under his own power or was he on a gurney

He was on a Harley.

;-)

[rodguy911]

and probably with no helmet

[beyond the sea]

What eyewitness?

There were a number of eyewitnesses to the accident.

[beyond the sea]

LOL.................... lots of swelling....... hard to get a good fit.

[SmoothTalker]

Glad to hear it. I've always been a Steelers fan. I hope this helps him grow up and start to make smarter choices. Riding a motor cycle without a helmet is a really good way to put your career in jeopardy.

[rodguy911]

YOu can pay em' a lot of money but it won't make em' smart.

[HEY4QDEMS]

That is possible, especially with the older models of full face helmets.

But the newer ones, made in the last 5 years or so, are cut high in the back with additional padding allowing full range of backward motion.

Even with the new design however, there is still a neck injury disclaimer accompanying the product.

[olezip]

"Riding a motor cycle without a helmet is a really good way to put your career in jeopardy."

Riding a motor cycle is a really good way to put your career in jeopardy.

Ben will never be the same as he was before the accident. Hopefully it will not have a measureable effect on his football career.

[frithguild]

I heard an eyewitness interview on the radio - a woman who said to him while he was on the sidewalk "You look familair to me."

[Buffettfan]

Allll rightttt! Go Steeeeelers! Ben will be fine this season. Whew,that was close.

[trebb]

Helmets are good things. I saw two guys die in Italy, when a helmet would have saved either of them. One Italian was cruising about 5-7 mph on a Vespa and hit a small rock and fell into a concrete drainage duct that was about 2 feet deep. His head hit a golf ball sized rock and it dented his skull enough to kill him. Another guy was being stupid on a Harley. He missed a corner, because of loose gravel, and ran into a chain-link fence at about 40 mph. His head contacted one of the poles, which was small enough to flex and get pushed out of the ground and it caused him brain damage, but little else (rest of body scraped but nothing else broken). Both died and it seems pretty obvious that both would be alive if they had worn helmets.

Some folks would talk about the "what ifs" and claim a helmet would cause death or injury where not wearing one would have left the person OK, but those are the aberrations and not the rule - many more are saved from safety gear than get killed because of it.

[NormsRevenge]

Ben avoids the blitz with ease. ;-)

Here's to a quick heal and looking forward to seeing him chucking the pigskin this fall.

[BluH2o]

I hope this helps him grow up and start to make smarter choices. Riding a motor cycle without a helmet is a really good way to put your career in jeopardy.

I think his not wearing a helmet may have more to do with the lack of recognition ... after all, if I'm wearing a helmet (without a uniform) how will anyone know who I am? This mindset is pervasive with celebrity types in the early years, as they mature being recognized everywhere they go becomes much less appealing.

[joeystoy]

I laid down my bike last year and slid across the wet pavement. My head hit a stop sign pillar and snapped pretty violently. I had a headache, plus a broken collarbone and four cracked ribs, along with a cracked helmet. I'm not a quad. I don't have a six-inch crack in my skull. And I'm still riding. I don't like helmet laws either. BUT PLEASE: Wear your helmet. Ride responsibly. And assume that every driver on the planet is out to kill you.