good morning. it is thursday, november 10. well tomorrow to american morning. if you went to sleep early last night or at all, everything is different this morning. it really is. first crash of the titan penn state football coach joe paterno out after 46 years as the head man in happy valley. paterno was fired along with the university president over a child sex scandal involving paterno s former assistant jerry sandusky. the decision came hours after paterno said he would finish out the season and then retire. instead penn state s board of trustees brought the hammer down. the past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire penn state community. but the outrage we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place. effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. penn state students spill flood th
our first thought was, will the balloon fall from the tower? will the basket fall from the tower? will it stay intact? i hope that thing don t rip and let the basket fall. bill and his young passengers have only seconds to act. we could see that the tower had a ladder inside it and there was room for us to climb out of the basket into the tower. the two boys, well, they both were very brave. from the spectator s camera, we see the distant shape of 14-year-old troy wells climbing onto the tower and then helping the younger aaron whitaker. one of the thoughts i had was i hope the tower stays together. the huge balloon becomes a sail as it tears open creating tremendous pressure, actually flexing the tower itself. but bill and the boys keep going despite the danger. we just got out and began our
the skull, it s rough inside the skull, and that it tears at the brain when the brain hits so hard against the skull and it can tear the fibers of the brain and that can have lasting impact. headaches, difficulty concentrating, vision, balance problem and each depression and suicide. and so now what has happened this movement across the country over the last ten years has really spread telling doctors, telling athletes, telling their coaches and the parents if you suspect that an athlete has a head injury, they have to come off the field immediately and we re not just talking football. we are talking soccer, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, anything at all where a child or a player may need to come off the field. a lot of these sports you just mentioned, you know, really aren t wearing helmets. football, obviously. what is the congressional committee proposing in terms of combating this? what they are suggesting is to take what is already law in ten states and make it national.