Chiefs What were you doing when you heard about DT? - Page 2

chiefbowe82 · 08-08-2009, 02:20 PM

Everyone can always recall what exactly they were doing during a tramatic event. What were you doing when you heard the news DT had been in a terrible accident?

I was eating supper when it came across the news.

2bikemike · 08-08-2009, 05:23 PM

I can't remember where I was when the accident happened I think I was at work. I do remember I was just pulling in my driveway when it was announced that he had passed.

I also know that it has cemented the Buckle UP policy when anybody gets in my car.

seclark · 08-08-2009, 05:29 PM

at work when i heard of the accident.
at work when i heard he'd passed away.
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JOhn · 08-08-2009, 06:20 PM

I had just woke up and logged on the computer when I saw it. I was very shaken & upset.

The day he died, I was sitting in my living room watching TV, when it came across on ESPN. My wife was pregnant at the time, but refused to let me name my new son Derrick. But when my youngest was born in 2005, she gave in and I named him Derrick.

Herzig · 08-08-2009, 06:33 PM

I don't remember what I was doing when I heard about the accident, but I do remember being selfish about it and thinking about how much this would hurt the Chiefs organization. I was also angry about him not wearing a seat belt and speeding. Just such a senseless accident.

His death was a pretty somber day for me. It was the day I put my CHIEFS vanity license plate on my car. I had it for couple of days and just hadn't had the heart to put it on my car after his accident.

mike_b_284 · 08-08-2009, 08:02 PM

sitting in school, Intro to law, 3rd hour. The teacher was hot, kind of dykie, and a total bitch. I can't remember if it was 10th or 11th grade.

RJ · 08-08-2009, 08:26 PM

I believe I saw the news on the old Star board.

MMXcalibur · 08-08-2009, 08:33 PM

I came home from school and my Dad had said "Did you hear what happened to that Chiefs player who got in the car accident?". I said "No" and went online to ESPN.com and saw the front page. Derrick Thomas was that Chief.

I didn't cry, but I was very sad that entire day and watched ESPN that entire night to get more information. Such a shame....

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, DT!

LaChapelle · 08-08-2009, 08:44 PM

Even crazy ass Al Davis went to visit DT in the hospital. The dude was a cult of personality.

Al Bundy · 08-08-2009, 08:58 PM

I was sitting in that dump of a dome over in St. Louis rooting on my Buccaneers and after the game I saw it on the news.

JohninGpt · 08-08-2009, 09:25 PM

I had just come home from work and turned on ESPN while I was taking off my combat boots. I had my left boot off and was starting to untie my right when the re-capped the story. I think I finally took the right boot off 15 or 20 minutes later.

dustinw82 · 08-09-2009, 03:54 PM

My wife and I were in the ER after we had gotten sideswiped. Fortunately we were fine. To this day we still find it hard to believe that we were in an accident the same time DT was.

StcChief · 08-09-2009, 04:32 PM

was in KC heading back to STL...where DT was going to "watch" the Lambs. crawled outta town on icey roads

**Skip Towne** · 08-09-2009, 04:57 PM

Did he die in a KC area hospital?

Herzig · 08-09-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Did he die in a KC area hospital?

I don't think so...if I recall correctly, he was in Florida as some specialized hospital for spinal trauma injuries...that was where he had the pulmonary embolism that killed him.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-09-2009, 05:04 PM

He died in Miami.

08-08-2009, 02:20 PM
chiefbowe82 Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	What were you doing when you heard about DT? Everyone can always recall what exactly they were doing during a tramatic event. What were you doing when you heard the news DT had been in a terrible accident? I was eating supper when it came across the news.
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08-08-2009, 05:23 PM	#16
2bikemike Born to Ride Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NWA Casino cash: $2105377	I can't remember where I was when the accident happened I think I was at work. I do remember I was just pulling in my driveway when it was announced that he had passed. I also know that it has cemented the Buckle UP policy when anybody gets in my car.
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08-08-2009, 05:29 PM	#17
seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $1309900	at work when i heard of the accident. at work when i heard he'd passed away. sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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08-08-2009, 06:20 PM	#18
JOhn El' Barto Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cody, WY / Tucson AZ Casino cash: $9964900	I had just woke up and logged on the computer when I saw it. I was very shaken & upset. The day he died, I was sitting in my living room watching TV, when it came across on ESPN. My wife was pregnant at the time, but refused to let me name my new son Derrick. But when my youngest was born in 2005, she gave in and I named him Derrick.
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08-08-2009, 06:33 PM	#19
Herzig Wooooooo Pig Soooooiiiie!!! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Northwest Arkansas Casino cash: $9984900	I don't remember what I was doing when I heard about the accident, but I do remember being selfish about it and thinking about how much this would hurt the Chiefs organization. I was also angry about him not wearing a seat belt and speeding. Just such a senseless accident. His death was a pretty somber day for me. It was the day I put my CHIEFS vanity license plate on my car. I had it for couple of days and just hadn't had the heart to put it on my car after his accident. __________________ Last edited by Herzig; 08-08-2009 at 06:44 PM..
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08-08-2009, 08:02 PM	#20
mike_b_284 Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Houston, TX Casino cash: $10004900	sitting in school, Intro to law, 3rd hour. The teacher was hot, kind of dykie, and a total bitch. I can't remember if it was 10th or 11th grade.
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08-08-2009, 08:26 PM	#21
RJ Supporter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: In a shotgun shack Casino cash: $9955202	I believe I saw the news on the old Star board.
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08-08-2009, 08:33 PM	#22
MMXcalibur Pessimistically optimistic. Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Denver, CO Casino cash: $2115086	I came home from school and my Dad had said "Did you hear what happened to that Chiefs player who got in the car accident?". I said "No" and went online to ESPN.com and saw the front page. Derrick Thomas was that Chief. I didn't cry, but I was very sad that entire day and watched ESPN that entire night to get more information. Such a shame.... Welcome to the Hall of Fame, DT!
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08-08-2009, 08:44 PM	#23
LaChapelle Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Casino cash: $10004900	Even crazy ass Al Davis went to visit DT in the hospital. The dude was a cult of personality.
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08-08-2009, 08:58 PM	#24
Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5231831	I was sitting in that dump of a dome over in St. Louis rooting on my Buccaneers and after the game I saw it on the news.
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08-08-2009, 09:25 PM	#25
JohninGpt Dammit Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Busted Stick, IT Casino cash: $5268304	I had just come home from work and turned on ESPN while I was taking off my combat boots. I had my left boot off and was starting to untie my right when the re-capped the story. I think I finally took the right boot off 15 or 20 minutes later.
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08-09-2009, 03:54 PM	#26
dustinw82 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2009 Casino cash: $10004900	My wife and I were in the ER after we had gotten sideswiped. Fortunately we were fine. To this day we still find it hard to believe that we were in an accident the same time DT was.
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08-09-2009, 04:32 PM	#27
StcChief Playing for #1 Draft Pick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Just West of Lambs land Casino cash: $10004900	was in KC heading back to STL...where DT was going to "watch" the Lambs. crawled outta town on icey roads __________________ sig test for this screwy schema
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08-09-2009, 04:57 PM	#28
Skip Towne Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: T-Town Casino cash: $10004900	Did he die in a KC area hospital?
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08-09-2009, 05:04 PM	#30
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