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Terrifying experience will make rookie class tighter
12:52 PM Mon, May 04, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon
David Buehler, the kicker/special teams player the Cowboys drafted in the fifth round, was standing on the sideline when the team's indoor facility began to collapse. He bolted out a side door and was sprinting across a practice field when a pole crashed down on him.
Buehler, dazed by a blow to his head, wriggled out from under the pole and crawled approximately 15 yards through pools of water before turning around and looking at the wreckage.
"My initial thought was, how many people are dead in this?" Buehler said tonight. "I thought I was the lucky one."
Buehler thinks he actually suffered the worst injuries among the players, although he wasn't severely hurt. He needed three stitches to close a gash on his right knee. He also has a concussion, sore neck, skin ripped off his ear and a cut on his forehead. Yet he feels very fortunate, a feeling he said was shared by his teammates.
"Guys were in shock," Buehler said, "and very thankful."
David Buehler: 'My initial thought was, how many people are dead in this?'
9:09 PM Sat, May 02, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon
It's difficult to see a silver lining in a catastrophe that hurt several people and left a 33-year-old father of three paralyzed from the waist down.
However, when I talked to David Buehler the night the Cowboys' indoor facility collapsed, he mentioned that he thought experiencing a crisis together would create a uniquely strong bond for this rookie class.
"That is something that we will never, ever forget," Buehler said.
There were already several friendships among the rookies. Mike Mickens and DeAngelo Smith roomed together at Cincinnati. Victor Butler and Jason Williams roomed together at the East-West Shrine Game. Tatum's Stephen Hodge and Gilmer's Manuel Johnson have been friendly rivals since their days as middle schoolers in East Texas.
Now, all the rookies have something in common besides an employer. They went through a crisis together, and the players handled themselves with poise and dignity as they did whatever possible to help during the emergency.
That's probably the only positive to come out of an awful situation.
12:52 PM Mon, May 04, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon
David Buehler, the kicker/special teams player the Cowboys drafted in the fifth round, was standing on the sideline when the team's indoor facility began to collapse. He bolted out a side door and was sprinting across a practice field when a pole crashed down on him.
Buehler, dazed by a blow to his head, wriggled out from under the pole and crawled approximately 15 yards through pools of water before turning around and looking at the wreckage.
"My initial thought was, how many people are dead in this?" Buehler said tonight. "I thought I was the lucky one."
Buehler thinks he actually suffered the worst injuries among the players, although he wasn't severely hurt. He needed three stitches to close a gash on his right knee. He also has a concussion, sore neck, skin ripped off his ear and a cut on his forehead. Yet he feels very fortunate, a feeling he said was shared by his teammates.
"Guys were in shock," Buehler said, "and very thankful."
David Buehler: 'My initial thought was, how many people are dead in this?'
9:09 PM Sat, May 02, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon
It's difficult to see a silver lining in a catastrophe that hurt several people and left a 33-year-old father of three paralyzed from the waist down.
However, when I talked to David Buehler the night the Cowboys' indoor facility collapsed, he mentioned that he thought experiencing a crisis together would create a uniquely strong bond for this rookie class.
"That is something that we will never, ever forget," Buehler said.
There were already several friendships among the rookies. Mike Mickens and DeAngelo Smith roomed together at Cincinnati. Victor Butler and Jason Williams roomed together at the East-West Shrine Game. Tatum's Stephen Hodge and Gilmer's Manuel Johnson have been friendly rivals since their days as middle schoolers in East Texas.
Now, all the rookies have something in common besides an employer. They went through a crisis together, and the players handled themselves with poise and dignity as they did whatever possible to help during the emergency.
That's probably the only positive to come out of an awful situation.
