Pittsburgh Fan Suffers Heart Attack After Bettis' Fumble!

Started by Rome, January 17, 2006, 07:14:30 PM

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Rome

January 17, 2006, 07:14:30 PM
QuoteUpdated: Jan. 17, 2006, 5:18 PM ET

Fan had heart attack seconds after Bettis fumble

Talk about a heart-stopping game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts.

Terry O'Neill, 50, of Pittsburgh, was watching the game at a bar and had a heart attack seconds after Jerome Bettis fumbled trying to score from the 2-yard line late in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger prevented the Colts' Nick Harper from returning the recovered ball for a touchdown and the Steelers hung on for a 21-18 win.

O'Neill said Bettis is his hero.

"I wasn't upset that the Steelers might lose," he said. "I was upset because I didn't want to see him end his career like that. A guy like that deserves better. I guess it was a little too much for me to handle."

O'Neill, who was recovering at a hospital, credits two firefighters with saving him.

"The Steelers won the game and I'm still alive, so I guess I'm doing pretty good," he said.    :-D

He will have a pacemaker implanted to control an irregular heartbeat and he was prescribed medication to deal with the hypertension.

And while he would like to go to the bar to thank the guys who saved him, O'Neill said, "but for the most part I guess I should probably take it easy and watch the game at home


:-D :-D

Stranger than fiction, baby.

Sgt PSN

#1
January 17, 2006, 07:17:30 PM
Seeing as the guy's from Pittsburgh I'm certain he's a model of healthy living so I'm sure nothing like a poor diet or lack of excersize could have contributed to it. 

PhillyPhreak54

#2
January 17, 2006, 07:19:54 PM
What is it with those fans and death/near death stuff?

Remember the stuff who had his viewing set up like a living room and they stuffed his carcass in some pj's and a on a recliner?

Sgt PSN

#3
January 17, 2006, 07:21:50 PM
Yeah, that was just a little bit creepy. 

rjs246

#4
January 17, 2006, 07:43:29 PM
farg Pittsburgh.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

Feva

#5
January 17, 2006, 07:50:09 PM
Hell, I'd be lying if I said I didn't have moments with the Eagles where I thought I was going through the same thing.
"Now I'm completing up the other half of that triangle" - Emmitt Smith on joining Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin in the Hall of Fame

"If you have sex with a prostitute against her will, is that considered rape or shoplifting?" -- 2 Live Stews

DH

#6
January 18, 2006, 03:25:24 PM
I think its cool as shtein that he almost kicked it after the fumble. Its a hell of a way to go out.  :yay
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