-- Cleeland Injured at Accident Scene --
Sun May 30, 2004 --from FFMastermind.com
The Boston Globe reports free-agent TE Cam Cleeland (Rams) came upon an accident scene recently. He didn't drive by or place an emergency call from his mobile phone, as perhaps many would have. Cleeland pulled over and did unto another what he would have done unto him. Rather than wait for the Big Lake Fire Department, Cleeland attempted to fight the blaze with an extinguisher, state troopers said, and while trying to remove the car's air bag from the driver's face, he suffered another injury -- severe burns to the hands with which he makes his living. Fortunately, Cleeland is still alive, and apparently in the days since his rescue attempt has been thinking more about the driver, who died, and his family than about himself. Rams spokesman Artis Twyman said he spoke last week with Cleeland, who is unsigned, and the tight end requested that the Rams not put out a news release and decline interviews on his behalf. "Cam was really shaken up about it when I talked to him," Twyman said. "I tried to talk to him but I could tell he didn't want to talk about it too much or go in depth, out of respect for the family. "He said it's something you really don't want to experience in life. It must have been really bad; I could hear him getting choked up."
Sun May 30, 2004 --from FFMastermind.com
The Boston Globe reports free-agent TE Cam Cleeland (Rams) came upon an accident scene recently. He didn't drive by or place an emergency call from his mobile phone, as perhaps many would have. Cleeland pulled over and did unto another what he would have done unto him. Rather than wait for the Big Lake Fire Department, Cleeland attempted to fight the blaze with an extinguisher, state troopers said, and while trying to remove the car's air bag from the driver's face, he suffered another injury -- severe burns to the hands with which he makes his living. Fortunately, Cleeland is still alive, and apparently in the days since his rescue attempt has been thinking more about the driver, who died, and his family than about himself. Rams spokesman Artis Twyman said he spoke last week with Cleeland, who is unsigned, and the tight end requested that the Rams not put out a news release and decline interviews on his behalf. "Cam was really shaken up about it when I talked to him," Twyman said. "I tried to talk to him but I could tell he didn't want to talk about it too much or go in depth, out of respect for the family. "He said it's something you really don't want to experience in life. It must have been really bad; I could hear him getting choked up."
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