Just goes to show that you do not want to be in an air supported structure during and storm!
From the AP:
Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday in Irving, Texas.
The storm hit while 27 players were going through workouts. There were about 70 people in the facility, counting coaches, other team personnel and media, officials said.
Ten of the injured were taken by emergency vehicles. Two others went to hospitals on their own.
''This worked out very, very well from a medical point of view,'' said Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County. ''Right now, I think we don't have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation.''
The white, tent-like building is large enough to be seen from miles away. It was built in 2003, for Bill Parcells' first season as coach.
Storms often make loud noises inside the so-called bubble, but this time overhead lights swayed violently. One of the team's video staff was the first out the door, followed by Nick Eatman of DallasCowboys.com. Eatman was hit by something and went down a few feet away, then heard someone screaming for help. He recognized it was Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News.
Eatman and colleague Josh Ellis tried freeing Archer but the structure wouldn't budge. ''It was like a car,'' Eatman said. Then safety DeAngelo Smith and linebacker Brandon Williams were able to get it up just enough for Archer to squirm out.
''All I saw was blue jerseys,'' said Archer, whose right elbow and legs were scraped. ''I was trapped, I couldn't move. Then those guys lifted it up — not very far, but I was able to move from my side to my back. . . . Once I got out of there, I looked back and the whole thing was down.''
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