[CBFF] What's up with team flights?

[Kenny Claxton]

Stress?



K-

On 10/30/06, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Boys,
>
> Is is me, or is this the 3rd post-game team flight that's been
> diverted this year?  This has nothing to do with anything, but isn't
> that odd?
>
> Jerry
>
> -------------------------
>
> Updated: Oct. 30, 2006, 10:37 AM ET
> Cowboys flight diverted after coach becomes ill
> Associated Press
>
> DALLAS -- A Cowboys assistant coach became ill on the team's flight
> home, forcing the chartered jet to make an unscheduled landing in
> Nashville, Tenn., early Monday.
>
> Strength and conditioning coach Tony Ollison was taken to Southern
> Hills Medical Center and was in stable condition, the team said.
>
> Dallas beat the Carolina Panthers 35-14 Sunday night, and the jet had
> just taken off from Charlotte, N.C., when Ollison complained that he
> was not well.
>
> Reporters on board said team doctors examined Ollison and found he had
> a low blood pressure and was sweating heavily. Ollison was given
> oxygen, and the jet landed in Nashville so Ollison could get to a
> hospital.
>
> Airport spokeswoman Lynne Lowrance said the airport received an
> emergency call from the flight that there was a possible heart attack
> victim on board. Lowrance said Ollison was conscious when the flight
> landed.
>
> The jet resumed its flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport,
> landing about 5 a.m. Monday.
>
> Ollison has been part of the Cowboys' staff for six years and also
> works as a strength and conditioning coach for the Dallas Desperadoes
> of the Arena Football League. In college, he played defensive tackle
> for Arkansas in 1986-90.
>
> Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
>
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