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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, Februan
Thomas dead at 33
A tough linebacker
Paralyzed Chiefs linebacker dies in hospital
Derrick Thomas set an NFL
single-game record with seve
sacks in 1990. Here is a look
at his career regular season
statistics.
Vednesday,
MIAMI (AP) — Pro football star Derrick Thomas, para
lyzed from the chest down less than a month ago in a car wreck
on an icy road, died Tuesday. He was 33.
The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, who held the NFL
record of seven sacks in a single game, went into cardio-res-
piratory arrest, his doctors said in a statement at Jackson
Memorial Hospital.
A shaken Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham recalled tele
phoning Thomas at the Miami hospital from the Pro Bowl on
Sunday in Hawaii, after seeing players and fans honoring
Thomas by wearing his number.
Thomas had played in nine Pro Bowls but was not select
ed for this year’s game.
“Derrick said, ‘Coach, be strong.’ He never told me how
strong I needed to be,” Cunningham said.
The Missouri Legislature paused for a moment of silence
after Thomas’ death was announced by state Sen. Bill Kenney,
a former Chiefs quarterback. “Derrick Thomas was a true
hero,” he said.
Thomas was at the wheel of a car during a snowstorm on
Jan. 23 as he and two friends headed to the Kansas City air
port to fly to St. Louis to watch the NFC Championship game.
He lost control of the car and it overturned at least three
times, police said.
Police said Thomas was speeding and weaving in traffic,
but prosecutor Don Norris said there wasn’t enough evidence
to file charges.
Thomas and passenger Michael Tellis, 49, were not wear
ing seat belts and were thrown from the vehicle.
Tellis was killed and Thomas’ spine and neck were broken.
The third person in the car, who was wearing his seat belt,
suflered only minor injuries.
Thomas was brought to the hospital in Miami, his home
town, where doctors stabilized his spinal column with screws,
rods and hooks and grafted bone from his hip.
Jackson Memorial is the home of the Miami Project to
Cure Paralysis, the world’s largest spinal cord injury re
search center, and its surgeons have operated on injured ath
letes including race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi.
An All-American at Alabama, the 6-foot-3, 255-pound
Thomas became an immediate star as a pass-rushing spe
cialist after being taken in the first round of the 1989 draft.
He was an All-Pro in his first nine seasons and ranked
ninth on the all-time list with 126.5 career sacks.
He set the single-game sack record in 1990 in a game
against Seattle.
That game was the same week as Veterans Day and
Thomas dedicated his performance to his father, an Air Force
pilot killed in Vietnam.
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Bush captures Delaware’s 12 delegate!
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican George
W. Bush won Delaware’s presidential primary Tues
day and earned a badly needed lift into the next stage
of contests, even as chief rival John McCain bur
nished his insurgent campaign with a solid finish in a
state he ignored.
“I think this is a piece of good news that will buoy
our supporters,” the Texas governor told AP after se
curing the state’s 12 delegates.
McCain gloated over exit polls indicating a strong
showing despite his decision to focus on the critical
Feb. 19 primary in South Carolina at the expense of
Delaware.
“It’s really got to be remarkable to get these kinds
of numbers in a primary in which you didn't even ap
pear in the state,” the Arizona senator told reporters.
“We never even went there. We didn’t spend a pen
ny there.”
The results were based on surveys of voters as
they left polling precincts by Voter News Service, a
consortium of AP and television networks.
McCain attributed his totals to the momentum
generated by his shellacking of Bush in New Hamp-
ELECTION 2000
DELAWARE PRIMARY RESULTS
REPUBLICAN PARTY
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paigns. appeared headed for a disappointing
and w as sure to he taking stock of his lagging
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nominating delegates, but Bush and McCan
seeking a taller reward: A lift headed into South Or
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shire’s leadoff primary last week. Exit polls in
Delaware supported his theory: Almost half of his
supporters decided to vote for him in the week since
New Hampshire.
Scores of new voters backed McCain in a prima
ry that was closed to all hut registered Republicans,
exit polls showed.
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campaign here. Gary Bauer, w ho dropped oik
race last week, also was listed.
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who are middle class, elderly, conservativeais
lieve he is likely to win the presidency.
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who said they were looking for a candidate *
stands up for what he believes
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1996 run, did well among voters who listed tail
their top concern.
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