26
Nov
2007
SEAN TAYLOR SHOT, IN A COMA
UPDATE 3:23PM
Courtesy of Redskins Insider, Jason La Canfora
Sean Taylor “Clinging To Life”
Richard Sparpstein, who has represented Sean Taylor in legal matters in the past and is a friend of the family, said moments ago that the player’s life is hanging in the balance in the hospital. Sharpstein, speaking from the hospital, said Taylor is “nonresponsive and unconscious” and the doctors are “worried about a possible brain injury or death.”
Sharpstein, who has been with Taylor’s family at the hospital much of the day, said that there are major worries that Taylor may have lost oxygen to the brain, and that no other procedures are planned for right now. “They’re waiting to see if he comes to,” Sharpstein said. He was shot in the groin/thigh area near the femoral artery and lost copious amounts of blood. He was airlifted to the trauma center and endured several hours of surgery, Sharpstein said.
Taylor is in intensive care, Sharpstein said, and his girlfriend and child were not injured in the attack. Sharpstein said Taylor was sleeping when he heard a noise in the living room. The intruders were at his bedroom and Taylor reached for a machete or other form of knife he keeps nearby in case of emergency, and two shots were fired, with one striking his leg.
“Right now he’s clinging to life and we’re all praying he makes it,” Sharpstein said.
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UPDATE 2:54PM
Taylor is out of surgery, but still in a coma. The outlook seems to be positive. Stay tuned.
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UPDATE 1:26PM
Sean Taylor had to be revived twice and is currently in a coma according to WTEM AM 980
Redskins tight end Chris Cooley told the media that his teammate, safety Sean Taylor, is in a coma after six hours of surgery today.
Per Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post, Cooley said that the latest update he heard about Taylor’s condition was that Taylor spent six hours in surgery after being rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound and is now in a coma.
“It’s a tough thing right now,” Cooley said. “I feel for so sorry for Sean and his family.”
Cooley said that Santana Moss’s mother is at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Taylor was taken after he was shot, and that Moss’s mom gave the team an update from there. Moss and Taylor both grew up in Miami and played at the University of Miami.
La Canfora reports that Redskins owner Daniel Snyder will make a statement to the media this afternoon.
11:43 AM
SEAN TAYLOR “FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE”
Redskins safety Sean Taylor has been shot in Florida, a source with knowledge of the situation tells us. He is in critical condition at a Miami-area hospital and, per the source, is “fighting for his life”.
Taylor spent Sunday night in his Florida home with his girlfriend and infant daughter. A robbery occurred, and Taylor was shot in the leg by one of the invaders.
The bullet severed his femoral artery. He currently is in surgery.
Taylor, the fifth overall pick in the 2005 draft, was in Florida to get a second opinion on an injured knee.
-Thanks to Colin for providing us with this story as well as ProFootballTalk.com