Narrator the news that day would start a chain of events that would threaten to forever change the way americans see the game of football. It is hard to find a former pro Football Player whose body hasnt paid a very high price. Narrator mike websters body was delivered to the Allegheny County coroners office. Webster ends up in the autopsy room. And the pathologist whos on call that day is this guy, bennet omalu. Omalu parked his car and walked into the office and he said, whats going on . And one of his colleagues said, its mike webster. Hes up in the autopsy room. And omalus response was, whos mike webster . And everybody looked at me like, where is he from, is he from outer space . Who is this guy who doesnt know mike webster in pittsburgh . Hes a nigerianborn, incredibly welleducated guy, but he doesnt know anything about football. Narrator a doctor, omalu was also a trained neuropathologist. From the beginning of the autopsy, dr. Omalu could see the effects of 17 years in the foot
The abnormalities. Narrator a decadeslong battle between scientists, players and the nations most powerful sports league. You cant go against the nfl. They will squash you. Narrator next, league of denial the nfls concussion crisis. Im really wondering if every single Football Player doesnt have this. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by tfrontline Journalism Fund with a grant from and scott nathan and laura debonis. horns blowing erenberg touchdown listen to this crowd, theyre on fire the steelers have their key receivers in. Stallworth on the left, 82, swann
The abnormalities. Narrator a decadeslong battle between scientists, players and the nations most powerful sports league. You cant go against the nfl. They will squash you. Narrator next, league of denial the nfls concussion crisis. Im really wondering if every single Football Player doesnt have this. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by tfrontline Journalism Fund with a grant from and scott nathan and laura debonis. horns blowing erenberg touchdown listen to this crowd, theyre on fire the steelers have their key receivers in. Stallworth on the left, 82, swann
Story of that harrowing day from one of the most critical emergency responders. Park police eagle one pilot. Somebody told me before that he said theres an officer down there im not going anywhere and thats what he did. And, you know, it was probably one of the things that probably saved my life. Reporter whats amazing to millimeter is what he did to get to laboy so quickly. Eagle one was on a president ial detail with two secret Service Personnel on board. Medic sergeant tim ryan heard the officer down call and eagle one broke away to head to alexandria. When they heard laboy was grave lie injured they made a Bold Decision to land in a very tight spot right on a School Playground just a half block from laboy. He says he couldnt have done i want without the secret Service Agent on board to watch the choppers tail and there was an alexandria k9 officer on the ground to keep people away. Time is of the essence. You know, it is. Its of the essence. We got to get down there. Can you get in
Witnesses for not coming for and on a community that critics say tolerates bad behavior by local sports heros. But now only on 360, new allegations. Susan candiotti got the exclusive and joins us now. Susan, you spoke to the attorney for one of the accused, i understand. What did he tell you . Thats right. This is the attorney who represents 16yearold trent mays, who is one of the two defendants in this case. And he tells me that on august 14th, this would be about three days after the alleged attack, that the woman that the young lady that prosecutors say is the victim in this case, allegedly sent a text message to the defend, trent mays. And heres what he said it said. I knew you didnt rape me. We talked to him about it. He explained it. Heres what the lawyer had to say. I would like to bring up an interesting fact that we do plan on presenting at trial, is that my client received a text message the following day from the alleged victim. The alleged victim herself, stating that she s