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Carpenter: Video images "unbelievable"
1:58 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Like many TV viewers, Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter couldn't believe his eyes Saturday afternoon. "It was kind of unbelievable, seeing the shots from inside and everything," he said Sunday.
But the difference between most TV viewers and Carpenter is that he has spent many days inside the Cowboys' indoor practice structure that was demolished by Saturday's microburst of 60-to-70 mph winds.
"To think that something like that could happen," Carpenter said, shaking his head. "We've been in there when it's been windy, a little bit of light-shaking, but nothing quite that extreme."
When he spoke briefly to The News on Sunday, Capenter was at the Gaylord Texan Resort, picking up draft picks DeAngelo Smith and Mike Mickens to take them to lunch before they departed Dallas. Smith and Mickens played at the University of Cincinnati with Carpenter's brother, Jonathan.
Smith, Mickens and other draft picks and free agents who took part in the rookie minicamp declined to comment Sunday, other than to say they were OK. Several players said the Cowboys organization had asked them not to speak to media members about Saturday's calamity that sent 12 people to hospitals.
Sunday was to be the last day of the minicamp. When Cowboys owner Jerry Jones arrived at Valley Ranch at about 8:45 a.m., he went straight from his car to survey the damage. Three rookie/free agents were outside at the time, helmets in hand, taking one last look at the damage.
After a meeting with Cowboys coaches, the players were transported by bus back to the Gaylord Texan, where most of them picked up their luggage and headed to DFW Airport to return home.
Carpenter said he had only briefly discussed Saturday's events with Mickens and Smith. "I'm sure that's what we'll talk about now," he said as they headed to lunch.
When practicing in the facility on past bad-weather days, Carpenter said he never considered the possibility that the structure could fall.
"I guess you don't really think about it when you're practicing," he said. "Obviously, I guess the potential is there for it to happen. I guess no structure is completely stable against the elements out there."
1:58 PM Sun, May 03, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Brad Townsend E-mail News tips
Like many TV viewers, Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter couldn't believe his eyes Saturday afternoon. "It was kind of unbelievable, seeing the shots from inside and everything," he said Sunday.
But the difference between most TV viewers and Carpenter is that he has spent many days inside the Cowboys' indoor practice structure that was demolished by Saturday's microburst of 60-to-70 mph winds.
"To think that something like that could happen," Carpenter said, shaking his head. "We've been in there when it's been windy, a little bit of light-shaking, but nothing quite that extreme."
When he spoke briefly to The News on Sunday, Capenter was at the Gaylord Texan Resort, picking up draft picks DeAngelo Smith and Mike Mickens to take them to lunch before they departed Dallas. Smith and Mickens played at the University of Cincinnati with Carpenter's brother, Jonathan.
Smith, Mickens and other draft picks and free agents who took part in the rookie minicamp declined to comment Sunday, other than to say they were OK. Several players said the Cowboys organization had asked them not to speak to media members about Saturday's calamity that sent 12 people to hospitals.
Sunday was to be the last day of the minicamp. When Cowboys owner Jerry Jones arrived at Valley Ranch at about 8:45 a.m., he went straight from his car to survey the damage. Three rookie/free agents were outside at the time, helmets in hand, taking one last look at the damage.
After a meeting with Cowboys coaches, the players were transported by bus back to the Gaylord Texan, where most of them picked up their luggage and headed to DFW Airport to return home.
Carpenter said he had only briefly discussed Saturday's events with Mickens and Smith. "I'm sure that's what we'll talk about now," he said as they headed to lunch.
When practicing in the facility on past bad-weather days, Carpenter said he never considered the possibility that the structure could fall.
"I guess you don't really think about it when you're practicing," he said. "Obviously, I guess the potential is there for it to happen. I guess no structure is completely stable against the elements out there."
