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Roethlisberger undergoes seven hours of surgery ~ broken jaw and facial injuries repaired...
Foxnews ^ | Associated Press

Posted on 06/12/2006 11:22:41 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers star Ben Roethlisberger, the youngest quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl championship, broke his jaw and nose in a motorcycle crash Monday in which he was not wearing a helmet.

Four doctors operated on Roethlisberger for seven hours to treat multiple facial fractures and "all of the fractures were successfully repaired," Dr. Harry W. Sell, chairman of the surgery department at Mercy Hospital, told reporters late Monday night.

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Roethlisberger's accident

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Dr. Daniel Pituch, who led the team, said Roethlisberger was in serious but stable condition, and doctors were aware of no other serious injuries.

"His brain, spine, chest and abdomen appear to be without serious injury and there are no other confirmed injuries at this time," he said.

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To: beyond the sea

:)


41 posted on 06/13/2006 2:03:05 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Bender2
"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said."

Very true.........

;-)

So, did Ben lie on the shows. How was he immature, as you suggested?

I'm just wondering.

p.s. Yeh, we are old. ;-)

42 posted on 06/13/2006 2:03:54 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Echo Talon

Time to get some sleep.


43 posted on 06/13/2006 2:05:13 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Mongeaux
62 --- old lady?

;-) Damn, I'm almot 60........ I guess I'm an old man.

;-)

44 posted on 06/13/2006 2:06:42 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: prisoner6
Yikes, glad you're OK.
45 posted on 06/13/2006 2:08:04 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: beyond the sea
Time to get some sleep.

that sounds like a great idea, g-nite all

46 posted on 06/13/2006 2:08:40 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There's an old saying: If you have a ten dollar head, wear a ten dollar helmet. I'm not quite sure what that says if you wear no helmet.
47 posted on 06/13/2006 2:16:45 AM PDT by JoeGar
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I had a very minor motorcycle accident and I mentioned to a friend that it ruined a $500 Arai helmet. His reply, "Five hundred dollars! Five hundred dollars! The value all the helmets in our Harley club doesn't total five hundred dollars!"


48 posted on 06/13/2006 2:19:09 AM PDT by JoeGar
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To: JockoManning

one idiot away from eternity.


49 posted on 06/13/2006 2:20:45 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Dianna; onyx
I would have thought that there would be some type of clause in his contract against risky activities. My son played football in middle school and the coach insisted that the boys NOT play any sandlot football or engage in any other high risk activities during the season.

My old (ex)Marine Drill Sargent high school swimming coach said NO motorcycles to our team, and that was back in 1963. But, we had a really great swimming team he was trying to protect. One guy was on the Olympic swimming team in '64 and '68.

50 posted on 06/13/2006 2:23:21 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Precisely.

And in this guy's case, one idiot away from not only a potentially ruined career, but also from a championship team chaotically careening into a disrupted season.

God help Roethlisberger. And the Steelers.


51 posted on 06/13/2006 2:23:41 AM PDT by JockoManning (Listen Online http://www.klove.com)
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To: prisoner6

A friend sent me some pics of the bike but I don't know how to post them. If you (or anyone else) FReepmails me an email address I can forward them to you to post them.


52 posted on 06/13/2006 2:46:18 AM PDT by Badray (CFR my ass. There's not too much money in politics. There's too much money in government hands.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
He could of had the same injuries walking in front of the old lady in the luxury car.51% of motorcycle accidents survive by not wearing helmets compared to 49% who do.The problem is to many elderly driving that shouldn't be on the road.
53 posted on 06/13/2006 2:58:52 AM PDT by bikerman
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To: HiTech RedNeck

If he had a helmet with a shield it might have fragmented upon impact and the shrapnel could have blinded or killed him . I rode cycles before the law was passed making it mandatory to wear a helmet .I still wore one . A big beetle or bug in the eye at 65 mph is like getting hit with a rock


54 posted on 06/13/2006 3:29:37 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: beyond the sea

Yeah, but you must be near the 401K or 403B draw without a penalty if you have one !


55 posted on 06/13/2006 3:31:53 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Never drive a rice rocket without a helmet!


56 posted on 06/13/2006 3:47:47 AM PDT by Hacksaw (Deport illegals the same way they came here - one at a time.)
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To: Mongeaux

I remember during an annual helmet law protest in the DC area the news media reported something to the effect of...

"Motorcycle helmet law protester crashes, but helmet saved his life".


57 posted on 06/13/2006 4:00:33 AM PDT by baltoga
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To: Renegade
LOL ........................ all my gold is hidden in mayonnaise jars under the porch.

;-)

58 posted on 06/13/2006 4:17:22 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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To: Badray
Here's some of the pics...didn't have time to post em all.

Mp> Hope this works, my usual and usually dependable web server that hosts my stuff jsut went dow. First time for years!

I used a backup site - ww1.pureupload.com I've used for some other pics. SO far they've been really good.

See Yunz Badray! Gonn hafta jump in on the FR pa locality board, but you and smokeyb seem to be taking care of RINO's pretty good!

prisoner6

59 posted on 06/13/2006 4:18:24 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the Left fall out.)
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To: Renegade

With the protection of the full face helmet's rigid framework around it, the polycarbonate shield is unlikely to catch a deep enough blow to shatter it, and even when it does that's usually preferable to having the impacting object hit right in the face.


60 posted on 06/13/2006 4:36:13 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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