UPDATED: Pats DE Marquise Hill found dead after Lake Ponchartrain accident

http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/05/coast_guard_search_continues_f.html

Fell off a Jet Ski Sunday night. Coast Guard is searching.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

He just haaaaaaaaaaad to dive back into the water for the girl, didn't he? I bet she would've left his ass in there.

Seriously, though, I hope he's OK, but this type of situation never usually turns out positive. Hopefully, he found something to hang on to or made it to land somehow.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

Ugh. Stay classy.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

Seems a lot of NFL players meet unnatural death in Lousiana and eastern Texas (David Overstreet, Joe Delaney, Jeff Alm, Eric Andolsek, Rusty Chambers.... just off the top of my head)

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

I had something else written as a response here, but you're right ... it was wrong for me to make light of the situation. As I mentioned in the post earlier, I do hope he's OK.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

I know a life jacket is not cool, but if your parents never took you to swimming lessons as a child, not wearing one is a real gamble.

I lifeguarded at a rich kids summer camp for a spell in my younger days and never had to pull kids out of the water. They could all swim thanks to youth swim lessons. Some of my friends worked at a public lake close to a urban part of the city and they were making saves every day.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

The WWL is reporting that it is now a "search and recovery" mode. Officials are presuming Hill drowned.

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

EDIT: Times-Picayune confirms.

This report says his body has been found.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2884762

http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/05/coast_guard_search_continues_f.html

 

Re: Pats DE Marquise Hill missing in Lake Ponchartrain

How sad. RIP

 

Just horrible, I pray for this family and friends.

 

I've spent many an hour on a wave runner on a lake many times smaller than Lake Ponchartrain. You MUST wear a lifejacket. Those things are dangerous as hell.

A sad loss.

 

Sad stuff. RIP.