Posted on 06/15/2006 5:06:07 AM PDT by 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.
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Thanks for the ping.
jm
Teams more likely to keep players off bikes
"Doctors have said two rounds of tests showed no brain injuries, although there was a mild concussion. Doctors used small titanium plates and screws to reassemble Roethlisberger's broken jaws and repaired other broken facial bones. He also lost two teeth and chipped several others, doctors said."
The new face of Ben Roethlisberger, Darth Vader like? Jason? Hannibal Lecter? or who?
The next time we see Roethlisberger in public I think he'll look something like Darth Vader.
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LOL.
He'll certainly look like Darth Vader to New Englanders after throwing three TD passes in the playoffs against the Patriots.
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Just kidding, mpf.
"he could have hit that window, his head could have snapped back very quickly, and he could be a quadriplegic today. "
I'm confused about why people think this-at that kind of velocity I don't think either head or helmet would have bounced off a piece of glass. I would kind of think that like a hard metal bullet vs. a rubber one, a hard helmet would penetrate even more forcefully foreward through the glass than a soft head, not bounce back. I tend to think if you're gonna get a spinal cord injury you'll get it helmet or no helmet, but brain injury of course should be much less frequent with a helmet. But I'm no scientist, and no one can really say what exactly would have happened in any one accident. The facts are that helmet wearers get fewer and less severe injuries overall than non-helmet wearers. I think you have to go with that stat, just like seatbelts, there are far more people injured and dead as a direct result of not wearing them than as a direct result of wearing them.
I don't know the answers. I have never gotten on a motorcycle. I was involved in sports at a rather high level for a couple of decades, and just never wanted to get my legs crushed or whatever other thing. It just seems a little silly to be out there on the roads with all the morons in the cars.
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Thanks. I've got an '87 Softail and a '91 Sporty. They leak and shake an' they're old, but then, me too!
good report.... I had heard earlier that he had severe knee injurues. Guess that was not the case. that would have bee career ending.
I have been in CA on vacation and missed this. Seems like he got out earlier than they expected. Do you know his condition now? Is he a likely for a quick return?
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