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  auxlepli
 
November 4, 2003 12:50:39 pm
 
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Don't tell the NHL
They might replace all stairways with escaltors and elevators....or at least put safety nets around them.

Fan falls from third level at Soldier Field

Associated Press


Chicago -- A 32-year-old man was in serious condition after falling from a stairway on the third level of new Soldier Field during Sunday's game between the Bears and San Diego.

Chicago police would not release the fan's name, citing federal privacy laws.

The man was on an exterior stairway on the southwest side of the stadium when he fell, according to a joint statement from the Bears and the Chicago Park District. Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said the man landed on a grassy area and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

She wouldn't release any details on his injuries.

Soldier Field was refurbished as part of a $606 million lakefront beautification project, and reopened Sept. 29. The stadium's stately old colonnades remain, but a new seating bowl was built between them. There are four levels of seats on the west side of the stadium.

 
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  decadent
 
November 4, 2003 12:53:17 pm
 
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and his blood alcohol level was?
 
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  Rasp
 
November 4, 2003 1:02:54 pm
 
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quote:
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Chicago police would not release the fan's name, citing federal privacy laws.



So dumbass is now a Federally protected species?


 
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  TheDowman
 
November 4, 2003 1:49:45 pm
 
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Just wait till the NHL mandates higher guard rails, full netting, or plexiglass around the entire upper bowl in every hockey arena to keep people and stuff from falling over the edge.

You know Bettman is thinking about it right now.

 
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  rplumley
 
November 4, 2003 1:52:51 pm
 
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I personally keep waiting for a little kid/drunk to come flying out of the suites when Thrash shoots T-Shirts over that way and they bounce off the face of the suites.
 
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  cws
 
November 4, 2003 1:58:56 pm
 
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quote:
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Just wait till the NHL mandates higher guard rails, full netting, or plexiglass around the entire upper bowl in every hockey arena to keep people and stuff from falling over the edge.

You know Bettman is thinking about it right now.



Bettman is thinking about what part of his *** to scratch next, that's about as original as he can get.

He's got a tough job as commish, I know. And he has made some good moves. But on the whole, it has been one disaster after another. Makes me think of those Joe Isuzu commercials; where everything that came from his mouth was a lie. Too bad we can't have the little captions of the truth at the bottom of the screen when Bettman speaks.

Sorry, bad mood. Had to vent about something.

 
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November 4, 2003 2:39:05 pm
 
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quote:
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quote:
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Chicago police would not release the fan's name, citing federal privacy laws.



So dumbass is now a Federally protected species?





If so, then where are my armed guards?

 
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  cws
 
November 4, 2003 2:46:18 pm
 
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quote:
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Chicago police would not release the fan's name, citing federal privacy laws.



So dumbass is now a Federally protected species?





If so, then where are my armed guards?



Patience.

 
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  Jimmy Rutter
 
November 4, 2003 6:34:27 pm
 
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quote:
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and his blood alcohol level was?



In Nottingham over here someone fell down the steps and was kinda hurt .... but because he was pissed he got away with not being hurt as bad than if he was sober (Or so the medical people said ... not sure how or why)

 
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  PasiSaysNo
 
November 4, 2003 6:35:57 pm
 
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while pissed you dont tense up thus avoiding some injury. Same reason drunks usualy kill sober people in car accidents and themselves walk away.
 
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November 4, 2003 7:39:39 pm
 
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but because he was pissed he got away with not being hurt as bad than if he was sober (Or so the medical people said ... not sure how or why)




Entirely true!

Pip Pip!

 
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  Jimmy Rutter
 
November 4, 2003 8:11:04 pm
 
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Ahhhh beer, is there anything it can't do?


 
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