Its my honor to introduce our next speaker, colonel francis oconnor, m. D. , whos the professor and chair of military and emergency medicine. If you never been there actually worth a visit here francis took me around and its really a great place where we have training, medical training for those are going to be serving in our country and providing service to the men and women who serve in a country. Hes also a leading voice for exertional illness, sickle cell trait. Hes leading a major study and internist and really sicklecell trait even better and he certainly has been a mentor and a friend to john and me and others at the ncaa and trying to guide us to go in the right direction. So thank you for coming here today. Well, thank you. Its an absolute honor to be here to honor derek sheely. As a father of three sons im still shaken. Ms. Sheely, listening to your words and your passion, i will not forget. I will not forget. Im going to be moving away from cardiac and we will talk about som
University and the derek shealy foundation. My name is john solomon, editorial director with a Sports Society program. We are nonprofit washington dc, facilitate dialogue. I will be moderating the next 2 panels exploring best practices. Thank you to Brian Hainline for engaging the Student Foundation for allowing the opportunity. Let me personally say what a great honor it is, a conference i think a lot of people dont know the name derek shealy. Going to the radar. Derek played football. Tragically died when he sustained head injuries. The injuries were preventable. I didnt get a chance to meet derek but i got to know him a little bit. Previously as a reporter. A big part of this is honoring dereks legacy, and dialogue about the best way. And derek are that is what we are going to do. Last fall, healthy sports, available at healthysports. First of its kind free resource for parents, athletes, educators and others. The tool draws on the best data and expert analysis to evaluate 3 areas o
The country in a deep freeze. The polar vortex stretch frts dakotas to the atlantic. Its cold icy conditions stopped amtrak trains carrying passengers to chicago overnight. Canceled thousands of flight. The flight is five days from now. Reporter Vice President biden offering u. S. Support to iraq in the fight against al qaeda as they offer missiles and drones to help fight those militants. Florida state rules the bcs. We wanted to win. And my team got on my back and went the whole way. Lindsey vonn says she will not compete in sochi olympics saying her knee is not stable injuring it several times. A gas station employee is nearly killed as an elderly driver loses control behind the wheel. All that and National Zoos panda. Things are freezing on my body which i didnt even know were possible to freeze. Oh, my gosh look at you i do appreciate you being with us. And all that matters. Press secretary jay carney came out sporting a beard. My wife says she likes it so there. This is actually
A lifethreatening arctic air mass called the polar vortex stretches from the dakotas to the atlantic, to florida to maine. Chicago set a record yesterday at minus 60 degrees. The Historic School has caused schools to close. Some 30,000 homes and business are without power in indiana. And there are sub freezing windchills from coast to coast, amtrak is working to clear three of et cetera passenger trains, they got stopped by blowing and drifting snow in northcentral illinois. More than 500 passengers are on board. The passengers have heat and they have food. Melting snow and rock salt caused a transformer to short out here in new york. Yesterdays high in the city was 54 degrees. Todays high just 10 degrees. Marlie hall is here in new york with that. And good morning, marley. Reporter good morning, annemarie. We havent seen temperatures like this in 20 years, and this morning, millions of americans are coping with the brutal cold. Its so cold it embarrassed minnesota. Frost is forming on
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