Missing NFL Players “Freaked Out”

Florida Boat The lone survivor says both men took off their life vests. One threw punches then dove down and never resurfaced. The other saw land and decided to swim for it.

by The Associated Press

Published: Mon, March 16, 2009 - 2:22 pm CST

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Records from the search for two missing NFL
players and two friends paint a bleak picture of what happened
after their boat overturned off Tampa, Fla.
According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, lone
survivor Nick Schuyler told the Coast Guard one man
"freaked out" and took off his life vest Feb. 28, the night the
boat capsized.
Later that night, another became unruly and threw punches. He
took off his life vest, dove down and never resurfaced. A third
thought he saw land and decided to swim.
The men's names were redacted in the report.
Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent NFL
defensive lineman Corey Smith and former University of South
Florida players Schuyler and William Bleakley were aboard the
21-foot boat.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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rolltide33 Says:

Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:09 pm

EPIRB

Mom2AngelBaby Says:

Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:13 am

This is why I don’t do open waters…terrified of anything I can’t see the bottom of…I can imagine the terror they faced I would have been freaked out too!

rolltide33 Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:51 pm

$1000 could have saved all of them.

ickthus Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:57 am

why i endeavor to deliver is doing much damage to my liver. you ppl are driving me to drink. i hear a cocktail lunch? time to munch with the not so brady bunch. peace out dog biters

ickthus Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:43 am

lol boondock, Metaphor. the epedemic is the way ppl post silly things they are in the cold about.

Boondock Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:39 am

Hypothermia is not an epidemic.

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

ickthus Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:36 am

no way to stay on top of the boat untill the sea’s went down the next day. the guy was lucky to get up out of the water when he did. i worked off shore in the water as a diver of 17yrs. sea’s can change with in hour out there.

ickthus Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:31 am

lol have you been reading the post on here? hypothremia is an epedemic

KxVicious Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:30 am

What’s “corp temp”? Body temperature?

If you suggesting they had hypothermia, that would seem right, but there was no reason for them to be in the water. “...Coast Guard…find only one man—Nick Schuyler—sitting on top of the overturned boat.”

Boondock Says:

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:21 am

Exactly ickthus, hypothermia will make you delusional.