Two NFL Players Among Four Missing At Sea

by Rexx on Mar 1, 2009 6:12 PM EST Comment 22 comments

Detroit Lions DE Corey Smith and Oakland Raiders LB Marquis Cooper were among four boaters on a 21 foot boat owned by Cooper that went on a fishing trip off of Clearwater, Florida and have not returned as of Sunday afternoon. Seas were fine when they left but have grown very choppy although no rain has been reported.

Hopefully, this is all a case of poor communication. In the meantime, everyone's prayers should go out to the families for the safe return of those missing. Click here for the story from Yahoo Sports.

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Crazy

I read about that this morning. How do you just disappear like that? Hope everything gets cleared up

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 1, 2009 6:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Still no updates on these guys.

They also said that 2 former Univ. of South Florida football players were on board as well with these 2 players. I really hope they are off at some crazy party and get no phone reception.

I just stayed up ALL NIGHT studying for 2 tests today only to find out that UMD is closed. 3 inches of freaking snow, gotta love it.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 2, 2009 6:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hey it could be worse

UMBC just keeps moving the start time back rather than just calling it. We are one of the few schools still trying to open…Makes a lot of sense since we are 70% commuters….

It sad that we tend to forget these NFL players are people. We get presented characters by the national media and we tend to forget they have friends and family that depend on them. I did 6 years in the navy…ain’t no feeling worse than being stuck in the middle of nowhere on the water, on a crippled boat.

"When they get drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, we expect them to play like that. Are we surprised? No."

by UMBC Oriole fan on Mar 2, 2009 8:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

SCHOOLS CLOSED is the best feeling..especially when your stressin’ over a test.

by raven on Mar 2, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thats scary for sure and, like everyone, I hope they are just drifting somewhere and get picked up soon..there’s crazy ass pirates down there that steal boats for drug trafficking etc..that would be f’d up but who would want to board a boat with those bruisers. they should have taken Plexico and PacMan.

i got stuck in Loch Raven resevoir when the rigged car battery/electric motor died on my canoe….I had to friggin paddle 20 yards to shore in a panic.

by raven on Mar 2, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Aww you poor thing.....

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 2, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

They found one of the guys

clinging to the boat. It was one of the South Florida guys and I don’t have too much hope for the others.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 2, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Here's a sick sea story

They used to do this thing on my carrier called a steel beach picnic. Basically they would lower the elevators down the side, post some guys with riffles to placate those nervous about sharks, and let people go swimming off the side. Well they stopped doing it cause they kept forgetting to tell reactor and engineering department when they doing these stupid things. With people over the side, we have to shut off pumps, close valves, and make sure we aren’t discharging anything. Well the last Steel Beach Picnic we ever did, we blew the shit tanks over with people in the water. Boy we never heard the last of it…especially as Hep went through the crew with a vengeance.

"When they get drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, we expect them to play like that. Are we surprised? No."

by UMBC Oriole fan on Mar 2, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thats sick…a lttle communication goes a long way..in not getting shat on by a boat.

by raven on Mar 3, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The mess up part

Our pumps and inlet piping are big enough to easily suck someone into it. Not only would we kill them, they would clog up our heat sinks and could cause some really heavily issues with the reactors. I had a buddy of mine on one of the carriers that responded to the killer tidal wave in India or whatever a few years ago…they were pulling bodies out of their condensers. Worse I even had to do was pull out chunks of fish. I knew a lot of mechanics of that boat that got out for PTSD from that little cruise.

"When they get drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, we expect them to play like that. Are we surprised? No."

by UMBC Oriole fan on Mar 3, 2009 11:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for ruining my lunch.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 4, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i hope they find them all okay because i have much to say about this

by raven on Mar 2, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just wait

for now. And I know where you’re going w/ this. But it’s not the right time. For now.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 2, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well….not looking good…Schuylar (sp) is in critical condition and he at least had the boat to sit on…the other guys are just floating out there somewhere. 21 footer is a small boat for being way out there.

by raven on Mar 2, 2009 7:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Dear God, that is horrible!

All we can do is pray and hope that the best could come.

That said, realistically I don’t see them making it out alive.

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Mar 2, 2009 10:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

so many questions….i don’t get why they didn’t all hang onto the overturned boat..maybe once it flipped they got caught in strong currents and were swept away from it that quickly..who knows but you’d think they would have ended up near the boat and were able to grab on….what a mess.

by raven on Mar 3, 2009 11:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

High waves and rough seas

plus strong currents make it real hard to do what you want. Especially when you’re on landbehind a computer, making judgements. Try making decisions with salt water up your nose, in your lungs, while panicing.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 3, 2009 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

just asking…gee rexx. sorry. (in a Kip form Napolean Dynamite voice)

by raven on Mar 3, 2009 1:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

At 6:30 today, the U.S Coast Guard will be suspending their search for the 3 remaining men.

Right now, I am watching CAPT. Timothy Close give his take on the progress of the search, and he just seems to upset to be giving out this information. I can only imagine how hard it must be to say that you will be giving up on the search for 3 lives, but they said they did 250+ hours of searching covering 24,000 square miles of water. They found 2 life vests 60 miles away from the flipped over boat.

Hopes are diminishing and it is just a terrible moment for the NFL and these young men’s families

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 3, 2009 4:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Its sad

cause I am willing to bet none of them were wearing life preservers. I am sure they had them on the boat, but like way too many boaters do, they weren’t wearing them when it happened.

"When they get drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, we expect them to play like that. Are we surprised? No."

by UMBC Oriole fan on Mar 3, 2009 11:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Today I read

although this story has not been confirmed to all the details.

All four had life vests on that Cooper swam under the capsized boat to get for them. After two to four hours first one of the NFL guys said he’d had enough, took off his vest and drifted away, then the other did the same, leaving the two S. Florida guys. Perhaps that’s why they reported finding two floating life vests. Finally one thought he saw a light in the distance and said he was going to swim for it and did.

Horrible tragedy for all, the players, families, searchers, league, etc.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs