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In response to "I have never heard of someone dying immediately from a broken spine." by groiny

Nobody is saying it's a likely injury. Like ReyRey said, it's such a small step from paralysis to death.

Posted by musubi Oct 18 '10, 13:25

you acknowledge the former can happen, the latter isn't something that is far-fetched.

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in NFL history, has anyone ever died on the field? - groiny Oct 18, 13:29 17
- Chuck Hughes 1971 -- (link) - amoxy Oct 18, 13:33
- Before the first perfect game was pitched, noone had ever pitched a perfect game before. - musubi Oct 18, 13:32 1
  - *sighs* nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:33
- Ray Chapman died from a fastball to the head. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:31 6
  - again, a baseball at 90mph to an unpadded undeveloped chest.... - groiny Oct 18, 13:33 2
    - You accept that a guy could get paralyzed from a hit, right? - musubi Oct 18, 13:37
    - Mike Utley was paralyzed when he went face down on the turf in a trench block. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:34
  - Chris Pronger's heart stopped from a slapshot to the chest. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:32 2
    - did he die? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:34 1
      - good lord you're obtuse. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:36
- (also, in almost every case, the people that have suffered catastrophic injuries are the hitters, not the hittees). -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:30
- that settles it then, it can't happen. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:30 5
  - not, you are jumping to a point way out there. - groiny Oct 18, 13:31 3
    - football has not been played for very long with players of the size and force of today's NFL. at all. - TFox Oct 18, 13:37
    - You're making the classic mistakes. - Reagen Oct 18, 13:36 1
      - sure, they are, but they are on both ends of the hits. - groiny Oct 18, 13:39
  - yeah, that changed my mind too! -- nm - zork Oct 18, 13:31

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Nobody is saying it's a *likely* injury. Like ReyRey said, it's such a small step from paralysis to death.

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Nobody is saying it's a likely injury. Like ReyRey said, it's such a small step from paralysis to death.