It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…It’s Freaking Brian Bosworth
That’s right this Brian Bosworth:
The original “Stone Cold” was on hand recently to help a lady who rolled her car. From the Winnipeg Free Press:
Brian Bosworth, known as “the Boz” from his linebacking days with the Seattle Seahawks in the 1980s, said he was on his way to the Winnipeg airport when he approached the accident scene on the Trans-Canada Highway near Whitemouth River.
“I happened to tail in on the backside and there were ambulances and a fire truck. It looked like she rolled at least two or three times because the car ended up facing the opposite direction of oncoming traffic, upside down in the ditch,” Bosworth said…
The paramedics had to use the jaws of life to get the woman out. Bosworth said they dismantled the vehicle completely. He was asked to take a piece of equipment down to the paramedics and once he got down to the victim, he said it was clear they needed more manpower.
“She was in shock and in pain and we couldn’t really move her. Her legs were pinned. We had to cut the steering wheel off. She was screaming every time we moved her,” Bosworth said. “It took five or six guys to get her into the ambulance. “
This story just makes me realize how much I wish there were more athletes like Bosworth. Not because of this good deed, because he would be a blogger’s dream if he had come along now instead of then. I mean, yeah the guy did his share of the juice (allegedly, no wait, he failed a test, okay drop the allegedly) and he was pretty much a bust in the pros, but damn it all was he ever entertaining. He was the equivalent of taking a pro wrestler, teaching him a little football, and then having him infiltrate the NFL. Not that good to watch play, but boy, he was a show all to himself. When I made the challenge for athletes to do more positive stuff awhile back, I didn’t think that this would be the guy that I’d be writing about. Good job by the Boz