Subject: Re: FW: Wagon Crash
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:44:24 -0700 (PDT)

Mike,

Check your email address for Ken

"Carson, Mike" <[email-masked]> on 10/25/2001 04:04:08 PM

To:   <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>,
      <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, Chuck
      Carson/Dallas/IBM@IBMUS, <[email-masked]>
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Subject:  FW: Wagon Crash

I recieved this from an OU fan!

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Chris Boyd <[email-masked]>@ENRON
> Sent:   Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:47 PM
> To:     Mike Coats; Carson, Mike
> Subject:     FW: Wagon Crash
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Sherman
> > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:01 PM
> > To:   Jason Jones; Thad Miguez
> > Subject:      FW: Wagon Crash
> >
> >
> >
> > Manhattan, KS (AP)- Tragedy has struck the sporting world yet again.
>
> > In a scene that has become all too familiar to sports fans, one
> person
> > was killed and several others were injured as the bandwagon carrying
>
> > thousands of life-long Kansas State Wildcat fans ran out of control
> when
> > all but two people jumped off. The name of the deceased has not been
>
> > released,
> > pending notification of his immediate family. He is believed to be a
>
> > former
> > Dallas
> > Cowboys/Chicago Bulls/New York Mets fan, who was attempting a leap
> to the
> > Oklahoma
> > bandwagon.
> > The incident seems to have been caused by a 31-24 loss to Texas A&M
> > Saturday afternoon.
> > "You hear about things like this in other towns, but I never thought
> it
> > would happen here" said Bruce Snead, mayor of Manhattan.
> > Preliminary police reports indicated the wagon, which was recently
> > purchased from a dealer in Tallahassee, Fla., was in poor working
> > condition and could not handle the load from the hoards of Wildcat
> fans
> > that had climbed aboard.
> > "We were getting concerned that this might happen after the loss to
> > Oklahoma," said Manhattan Police Chief Fitzgerald High. "We really
> > became concerned after the CU game, but there were still only a few
> > folks jumping off here and there. Then came Saturday's loss and they
> all
> > jumped...the horror!"
> > The incident was not without heroes. Kansas State quarterback Ell
> > Roberson, without regard for his own life, attempted to throw a rope
> to
> > the bandwagon's driver to help bring the vehicle under control.
> > Unfortunately, Roberson drastically under threw the driver, catching
> the
> > axle of the bandwagon instead, and was unable to hold on to the
> rope,
> > fumbling away his opportunity to aid those in need.
> > K-State's Mark Dunn attempted a similar effort, but his throw was
> > intercepted by a nearby tree, never to reach the bandwagon driver.
> > Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder could not be reached for
> comment.
> >
> >
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