Steelers Fan had a heart attack seconds after Bettis fumbled

bigboydan · 01-18-2006, 04:32 PM

did you guys hear about this one? if not here it is:

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Terry O'Neill, 50, of Pittsburgh, was watching the game at a bar and had a heart attack seconds after Jerome Bettis fumbled trying to score from the 2-yard line late in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger prevented the Colts' Nick Harper from returning the recovered ball for a touchdown and the Steelers hung on for a 21-18 win.

O'Neill said Bettis is his hero.

"I wasn't upset that the Steelers might lose," he said. "I was upset because I didn't want to see him end his career like that. A guy like that deserves better. I guess it was a little too much for me to handle."

O'Neill, who was recovering at a hospital, credits two firefighters with saving him.

"The Steelers won the game and I'm still alive, so I guess I'm doing pretty good," he said.

He will have a pacemaker implanted to control an irregular heartbeat and he was prescribed medication to deal with the hypertension.

And while he would like to go to the bar to thank the guys who saved him, O'Neill said, "but for the most part I guess I should probably take it easy and watch the game at home."

onlòóker · 01-18-2006, 06:35 PM

Maybe he should reconsider watching it at home. Seems he is safer at the bar. Not sure he has anyone at home that could help him.

Illusion · 01-18-2006, 10:03 PM

I didn't know his name, but I did make a post about this the other day.

SBR_John · 01-18-2006, 10:43 PM

I imagine there were a few heart attacks coming on until Ben makes that tackle. Can you imagine having Pitt +480 on the Money Line and lose this one?

bigboydan · 01-19-2006, 02:09 AM

john, if i had the pitt ML, i probly would have had a heart attack too, after that fumble.

pags11 · 01-19-2006, 04:27 AM

he probably would have died if they actually lost that one...wheh...

imgv94 · 01-19-2006, 04:29 AM

I bet you bodies would of been floating in the river if it wasn't for BigBen.

bigboydan · 01-19-2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pags11

he probably would have died if they actually lost that one...wheh...

i bet bettis would have died too.

bettis would have went down into steelers history, just like scott norwood did in buffalo history.

isetcap · 01-19-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bigboydan

i bet bettis would have died too.

bettis would have went down into steelers history, just like scott norwood did in buffalo history.

Worse than that, BBD. I'm telling you he would have been this generation's Bill Buckner. Just an absolute bonehead choke job.

When I first heard this story, I thought it might have actually been Buckner who had the heart attack. You know how excited he must have been thinking that he would no longer have to carry the mantle of being professional sports greatest goat.

bigboydan · 01-19-2006, 11:55 AM

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Worse than that, BBD. I'm telling you he would have been this generation's Bill Buckner.

ain't that the truth bud, thats the perfect comparision.