CAPT_CHAOS47 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-fein&prov=ap&type=lgns Tony Fein, an Iraq war veteran and NFL rookie linebacker who played with the Baltimore Ravens during the preseason, has died of unexplained causes after collapsing at a friend’s house in what his agent said appears to be “an accidental situation.” Fein, 27, an undrafted rookie free agent from Mississippi, was lying face down and unconscious, vomiting and barely breathing when medics arrived at a house outside Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula just before 9 a.m PDT Tuesday, said Mike Wernet, a battalion chief and medical officer with South Kitsap Fire & Rescue. The medics put a breathing tube down Fein’s throat after he stopped breathing and administered medication, but he went into cardiac arrest during the drive to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, across Puget Sound from Seattle, and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 9:48 a.m. PDT Tuesday, Wernet told The Associated Press. “They didn’t really give us a lot of information about what had happened the night before,” apparently because they were upset, Wernet said. “They didn’t indicate anything out of the ordinary.” There were no obvious wounds or signs of alcohol or other drug abuse, and nothing indicated foul play, he added. Kitsap County sheriff’s Deputy Scott E. Wilson said a detective was assigned to the case Wednesday because the death seemed unusual. “We don’t have any indication of anything suspicious … or foul play,” Wilson said. Fein’s agent, Milton D. Hobbs, a lawyer in Oxford, Miss., said he knew of no medical condition or previous severe illness in Fein. “As I understand it, it was an accidental situation,” Hobbs said. “As far as I understand it from family members, there’s nothing to indicate that he intended to hurt himself.” An autopsy won’t be conducted before Thursday and no report will be issued before all toxicology and other tests are complete, likely in six to eight weeks, said Allen G. Gerdes, Kitsap County chief deputy coroner. Fein, a native of Port Orchard, was released by the Ravens in their last major round of roster cuts on Sept. 5. “Tony Fein was a really good teammate, a tremendous American, a tremendous young man … just a really good person,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said before Wednesday’s practice in Owings Mills, Md. “We were proud to have him here as part of our team. We’re unbelievably disappointed about the news.” Hobbs said he last spoke with Fein on Friday and since the death had talked with the Fein’s sister, mother and some friends. He would not discuss a possible cause of death. “He was working out and we were discussing football opportunities. That was still his goal,” Hobbs said. “We talked about Canada.” Some Canadian Football League teams had expressed interest in Fein before he joined the Ravens but there had been no contacts since he was cut, the agent said. Click Link for rest of article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoleSkin21 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 This is sad. Isn't this the same guy that got arrested b/c the police thought his cell phone was a gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeman38 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 This is sad. Isn't this the same guy that got arrested b/c the police thought his cell phone was a gun? Yes. And an Iraq war veteran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Damn thats sad. I wonder what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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