Patriots D-Lineman killed in jetski accident

[Th]

Could have been any one of us. Poor kid was only 24 - senseless tragedy:



http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NE/10200924





NEW ORLEANS (May 28, 2007) -- A body believed to be New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found by searchers Monday, a day after he was reported missing following a jetski accident on Lake Pontchartrain.

"The family will have to make positive identification," Capt. Brian Clark of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said. "But the body we found was that of Mr. Marquise Hill."

The body was discovered about a quarter-mile from where Hill and a female companion were involved in the accident, Clark said.

The Coast Guard were called the night of May 27, Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said. The search began immediately, using boats and helicopters.

By the time the body was found, the Coast Guard, Wildlife and Fisheries, the New Orleans Police Department and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department were involved, Clark said.

Hill's agent, Albert Elias, said he had been told Hill and a young woman were jetskiing Sunday in the lake when both of them went into the water, which had a strong current. Elias said the woman was able to make it to a pylon and hang on until she was rescued, while Hill was last seen floating away from the scene.

Hill played on LSU's national championship team and was a second-round draft pick by New England in 2004.

"We are all shocked," Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in a statement. "

The woman, whose identity was not available Monday morning, was rescued and sent to Tulane Medical Center where she told them Hill had tried to keep her calm as the two were drifting away from each other.

Neither Hill nor the woman wore a life preserver, Atkeson said.

"It's so important to have a life jacket and a signaling device," Atkeson said. "One keeps you afloat and the other helps us find you."

Elias said Hill, a defensive end, spent much of his time since Hurricane Katrina helping family members rebuild their homes.


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[ChargerMike]

...it's a boyancy thing...

sin, Al Campanis

[Dinsdale]

No, it couldn't. It took several rather virulent varieties of stupid for that ni...gger to end up as alligator shit and none of them would ever apply to me.

I've witnessed my share of stupidity on the water...more than my share, really.

And none of the waterborne displays of stupidity I've seen have ever included the omission of a life vest on a jetski.

Even Darwin's worst enemies seem to have that figured out.

This was indeed a truly superlative display of fucking stupid.

BODE the gene pool.

[Neely8]

Karma is finally setting its sight on The Patriots. They are fucked now.

Just watch....There is going to be such a run of disaster that Belichek will leave after this season, Kraft will host a fire-sale before cutting and running, and before you know it, The Pats will be right back to their status of complete disinterest and apathy with the local chowd waggoners...like they were less than ten years ago.

They are going to fall off the map.

Because a backup d-lineman who had not progressed at all over the 2-3 years they had him got darwined? Did the New England/Boston sports teams make fun of you as a child???????

[Mr T]

Could have been any one of us.

What the fuck are you talking about?

When you're on a jetskit, you wear a life jacket.

Whether you can swim or not. It is a smart thing to do.

[Raydah James]

Did the New England/Boston sports teams make fun of you as a child???????

You've got it backwards.

It must have sucked to grow up in such an atmosphere of failure and bitterness.

But....Winners find their way back to the top and losers find their way back to the cesspool eventually.

RACK



Its fucking hilarious watching the absolute pwnership that a true New Yorker pinstripe lover has over Bosox dumbfucks.

[Neely8]

Did the New England/Boston sports teams make fun of you as a child???????

You've got it backwards.

It must have sucked to grow up in such an atmosphere of failure and bitterness.

But....Winners find their way back to the top and losers find their way back to the cesspool eventually.

RACK



Its fucking hilarious watching the absolute pwnership that a true New England Patriot lover has over Raider dumbfucks.

FTFY

Bringing it back to football since this is the football forum right??

[Raydah James]

[Neely8]

Smack about a 2nd tiered player who was probably going to get cut this year? Super fresh James......

RIP Marquise. Too bad you couldn't live up to your potential........

[War Wagon]

This was indeed a truly superlative display of fucking stupid.

Even more superlative than not wearing a seatbelt on an icy I-435 in sub-zero temps whilst driving 70 mph in your Suburban, I reckon.

That's a whole lot of stupid.

[Th]

Did the New England/Boston sports teams make fun of you as a child???????

You've got it backwards.

It must have sucked to grow up in such an atmosphere of failure and bitterness.

But....Winners find their way back to the top and losers find their way back to the cesspool eventually.

Exactly right!

Sig,






Just LOSE Baby!

[Adelpiero]

they said on espn radio, that we was jet skiing at night


and had no life jacket.



i dont wear a life jacket in a boat, but will not ride a jet ski without one, too many tards driving boats and skiis to not wear one.

[indyfrisco]

I don't ride in a car without a belt. I don't ride a bike without a helmet. And I don't ride a jet ski without a life vest.

I do a lot of stupid shit, but dying while not wearing a life vest on a jet ski, especially at night, is comparable to saying someone died because they forgot how to breathe.

Oh, and thanks for fitting the stereotype of bruthas can't swim.

[WolverineSteve]

You've got it backwards.

It must have sucked to grow up in such an atmosphere of failure and bitterness.

But....Winners find their way back to the top and losers find their way back to the cesspool eventually.

RACK



Its fucking hilarious watching the absolute pwnership that a true New Yorker pinstripe lover has over Bosox dumbfucks.

And now, we're going to see the same with the rest of the league handling the New England Pastriots with ease.

O-V-E-R spells OVAHHHH Past fan....it's OVAAAAHHH.

You've had your run of fortune. But now, you got beat by Manning. Brady got a taste of playoff defeat that is going to dog him for the rest of his career. And personel problems are just going to manifest.

Already, Pastfan is taking on that distinct chowdian postion of writing off a season as already won when the end is nowhere in sight, with their focus on preseason polls and getting Randy Moss.


We're seeing the beginning of the end. In a few years the question of whether the Past run of champs can be considered a dynasty will even come into question. Dynasties have fans who'll back 'em up. Gillette is going to become like a Sunday flea market, with nothing but a few antique relics on the table.

It'll be great for the area really. The local sports bars will be back in the hands of the NFL fans once again, instead of these upstarts.

Christ...there was even a Dallas Cowboys bar in New London back a few years ago, and they advertised themselves as such.

Nobody around here gave a shit about the Pastriots before, and nobody will again.

And if all this shit you say is true....Brady an co. will still have three rings each!!!