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Steeler fan claims he was left blind, brain damaged after Bears game
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 11/17/09 | Unknown

Posted on 11/17/2009 4:07:55 PM PST by Krankor

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan says he was left blind and is living with brain damage after he was apparently poisoned at a Chicago bar following a game in September, according to a report from WTAE Channel 4 in Pittsburgh.

Zack Heddinger says he and a few friends went to a bar after the Steelers' 17-14 loss to the Bears at Soldier Field on Sept. 20. After trash talking with Bears fans inside Kitty O'Shea's, he says he accepted a drink from them and passed out and was rushed to a hospital. Heddinger said he thought the drink might be "antifreeze or something."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chicago; nfl; steelers
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To: Petronski
I mean, it's not Cleveland, right?




[Petronski ducks, runs away...]

You may run, but I'll find you...


21 posted on 11/17/2009 4:29:12 PM PST by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: DBrow

Exactly. I should have read deeper before I responded.


22 posted on 11/17/2009 4:29:35 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
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To: editor-surveyor

I didn’t realize it only too 10ml to do it.

Wow!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol


23 posted on 11/17/2009 4:30:13 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
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To: Krankor

I believe him. Look at where he was: Chicago!


24 posted on 11/17/2009 4:30:33 PM PST by NotSoModerate
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To: Krankor

Nah...that wouldn’t be living up to the “standard” set by Commissioner Goodell. ; )


25 posted on 11/17/2009 4:32:32 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: DBrow

>> Wood alcohol is the toxic one. Or IPA, but not grain.

They’re all toxic! As anyone who has spent time praying at the porcelain altar can attest. Grain alcohol is simply the least toxic of them. :-)

>> IPA

I hope you mean isopropanol, not India Pale Ale!


26 posted on 11/17/2009 4:32:34 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Is there a quick and easy way to tell the difference between a Bears fan and a Hells Angel?


27 posted on 11/17/2009 4:35:12 PM PST by tubebender
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To: Krankor

Squabbles about a stupid game are so juvenile.

Only by playing a team that can challenge you to the max, do you improve your play beyond what it could have been without doing so. The rivalry should be appreciated, and done with good spirits. Rib the other team, but make it just for fun.

The high school, college, or professional sports rivalries are obnoxious and divide us.

Two teams existing in one town, hate each others guts even if they live right across the street from one another. How pathetic is that.

If it’s a professional team, the principle is basically the same. If you want you team to be the best it can be, you want them to play other tough teams. Both teams should get applause when they hit the field.

Boos are nothing but poor sportsmanship, unless there’s some activity that calls for it.


28 posted on 11/17/2009 4:35:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
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To: DBrow

So, they were hoping to take the Steeler fan home and have their way with him?


29 posted on 11/17/2009 4:36:09 PM PST by OrangeHoof ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
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To: rdb3
Try to catch me...I move like a cat.*






A nineteen-year-old cat with hip dysplasia and a bad bladder...

30 posted on 11/17/2009 4:37:20 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: BenLurkin
Brady Quinn for President!

I have heard of this 'Brady Quinn'. Pairs Ice skater, right?

31 posted on 11/17/2009 4:38:55 PM PST by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Krankor

I know this is serious, and since I still haven’t forgiven the Steelers, or the Refs, especially Referee Fred Swearingen for the Super Bowls in the 70’s, I will abstain from comment.


32 posted on 11/17/2009 4:39:11 PM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Krankor
...he was left blind and is living with brain damage after he was apparently poisoned at a Chicago bar...

I've felt that way too after watching the Bears this year, and all I've had is a couple beers in my living room.

33 posted on 11/17/2009 4:40:58 PM PST by TheyConvictedOglethorpe
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To: tubebender; hinckley buzzard

>> Is there a quick and easy way to tell the difference between a Bears fan and a Hells Angel?

A Hell’s Angel enunciates spoken English more clearly?


34 posted on 11/17/2009 4:40:58 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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To: Republic of Texas
Just remember: you can't say Swearingen without swearing.
35 posted on 11/17/2009 4:41:53 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

36 posted on 11/17/2009 4:46:48 PM PST by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: Krankor
are you asking if people from 0bama's home city would do something to physically hurt someone that opposed their way of thinking?

really? is this a rhetorical question?

the culture of death desires to remove all obstacles in their way to ultimate power ... by ANY means necessary resulting in the minimum damage to the party's image

37 posted on 11/17/2009 4:51:16 PM PST by sten
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To: sten

It’s the Chicago Way!


38 posted on 11/17/2009 5:05:49 PM PST by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: Nervous Tick

You are correct. Methanol and IPA are poisons that we can’t tolerate, though, but our bodies must tolerate EtOH because it’s pretty common in the environment.

Yes I meant isopropaol, which is not good even when dry-hopped.


39 posted on 11/17/2009 5:06:18 PM PST by DBrow (Thank You Al Gore You Saved Earth!)
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To: Krankor
I feel exactly like that after every Bear's game. But then, due to a DNA genetic defect passed on to me by my dad, and to him from his dad (my grandpa), I'm a Bears fan.

Hey...we all have our crosses to bear.

OOOooooooooo......I said "bear" again! AAAAAaaaaaargh!

40 posted on 11/17/2009 5:08:31 PM PST by Logic n' Reason (If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.)
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