Posted on 02/02/2005 7:44:10 AM PST by wjersey
A fool and his fingers are soon parted...
Oops...somebody already posted basically the same thing early on in the thread....my bad...OK, how about "many are cold, but few are frozen"?
I feel sorry for him but with all due respect to the Eagles, they are going to be CRUSHED this Sunday. I may be embarassed that I live sKerry & Teddy K's home state but those Pats suuuure make me proud!
Did TO's announcement move the line that much?
Possible, I wasn't there, and you would think the work crew supervisor would have taken a little extra care to ensure his crew was properly prepared for the task.
I still stand by mine and your assessment that he probably wasn't very cognitive.
Cheers!
This dummy ended up suing the Philadelphia Eagles for frostbite. Does anybody know the outcome of that lawsuit?
I did an internet search and saw that this guy sued the Philadelphia Eagles shortly after having had some of his fingers amputated, but cannot find the results of the litigation.
This story has still not been resolved. I will do some internet searches and try to find out on my own.
Man Faces Amputations After Working At Eagles GamePhillips So Excited He Forget To Put On Gloves
PHILADELPHIA -- A local man said he shoveled snow at Lincoln Financial Field for 30 hours getting ready for the big NFC championship game, and now he is in the hospital, in danger of losing his fingers, his toes, his ears and possibly his nose.
James Phillips said he didn't wear gloves because he was so excited about the game. He ended up with frostbite.
"Believe it, we are the Eagles' 12th man," Phillips said excitedly at the time.
Phillips was one of 1,000 people hired to get the snow out of the Linc. When it snowed a second and a third time overnight, Phillips said some quit, but not him.
He even got to stay for the game and have some words with Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
"I said, 'Not today, Mike.' I said, 'On the 50-yard line, I left a nice little pile of snow for you and some ice,'" Phillips said.
But when everyone was celebrating the win, he said, he knew he was in trouble.
"I felt like someone had pushed me inside of a freezer. It's such a simple thing -- you must be prepared for the weather. The weather's no joke," Phillips said regretfully.
He told NBC 10's Lu Ann Cahn that he was so excited and had so much adrenalin going that he wasn't paying attention to the fact that he had no gloves on. He ended up in Temple University Hospital.
"I waited so long for the Eagles to win and it is so joyful. I would do it again, actually," Phillips said.
Phillips' fingers and toes were so disturbingly swollen and green and black from frostbite, NBC 10 couldnt show close-up video of his injuries.
Doctors say it looks like Phillips will be watching the Super Bowl from a hospital bed.
"All I need now is a win. I need a win," Phillips said.
Doctors say it will be a couple of weeks before they know if Phillips will lose his fingers or toes.
During winter, I often have gloves with me. You really need them for that cold and snowy weather.
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