Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility Collapses - 05-2-2009

May 2, 2009 - IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured Saturday when 64 mph winds -- just shy of tornado strength -- ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday.

Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County, says he didn't think anybody had life-threatening injuries
DeCamillis was seen putting on a neck brace and being taken out of the team's main office building on a stretcher.

Coach Wade Phillips told the Dallas Morning News that DeCamillis suffered a neck injury, but was moving his hands and talking at the hospital.

Phillips also said that some of the players had minor injuries.

Assistant coach Brett Maxie suffered a laceration on his leg, a source told ESPN.com's Matt Mosley. Team scout Chris Hall suffered multiple arm injuries after being trapped underneath the frame, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Ten of the injured were taken by emergency vehicles. Two others went to hospitals on their own. Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said all players and coaches were accounted for.

The roof came down at about 4:30 p.m. ET during a severe thunderstorm while the team was going through the second day of a three-day rookie minicamp. At the time, 27 rookies were going through the workout and there were about 70 people in the facility, counting coaches, other team personnel and media, officials said.

Witnesses said lights started flickering and shaking minutes before the collapse, prompting players, coaches, staff members and reporters to vacate the building. Several people were trying to exit the facility as the roof came down

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Dallas
• Cowboys
• Dome
• Practice
• facility
• Bubble
• Collapses
• 05-2-2009
• irving
• texas
• 64
• mph
• winds

[lilboi75115]

its still raining here in dallas

[JTVIDE0]

Thundering and everything. I am in Dallas, Denton...

[itlaiaboy514]

Holy Shit!

Thank God no one died.

[thegorn68]

Are you going to post this same "hilarious" attempt at humor on every one of these vids? Making light of other people's tragedies?

[EliManningFan896]

@tyopl78 It's ok. Glad i could help you out with that! =)

[tyopl78]

@EliManningFan896 Thats kinda what i figured but wasnt completly sure

[EliManningFan896]

@tyopl78 he said get your helmet on...

[MrFLICKYOLI]

So let me get this straight, in an area of the country known for very powerful storms they build a fucking TENT?

What Jew made that decision?

What fucking kike put the stamp of approval on that gem?

1:52 somebody in the background yells "Where they going?!?!" To help people, asshole.

[gitane1976]

It's incredible!!! The lamps could have fallen on the people!!! It sure must have scared the hell of all of them.....

[michaeldj5]

I was a work about a mile from here when this happened. I remember the storm very well. We all thought there was a tornado, but, as it turned out, there wasn't. Feel bad for the poor guy who was parilyzed.

[ukgukgukg]

i live in dallas and i had no idea people were inside?!

[l3g3nd1337]

they said shit on CNN

[arohn2007]

And at least you don't see football players walking around talking like they just sucked the air out of a helium balloon!

[arohn2007]

hehe, point taken! :D