Devastating News From The Redskins...

Last night, I was in a good mood. I thought our station had excellent coverage on the Sean Taylor incident. More significantly, our last reports indicated that there was a strong possibility that he could get through this.

According to Vinny Cerrato, the Redskins' vice president of football operations, doctors had been optimistic late Monday when Taylor squeezed a nurse's hand. That small nugget of news was of great encouragement to Taylor's family and his extended family of the Washington Redskins. That "small" nugget of news even made national news. As I was driving home last night, all the national radio media had this as their lead story.

We now learn from family friend Richard Sharpstein that he was told Taylor never regained consciousness after being transported to the hospital and that he wasn't sure how he had squeezed the nurse's hand. Mr. Sharpstein was the one that broke the news early this morning that Taylor had passed away.

There are many times when the news business can be brutal. One evening you can be reporting on the hope of something good happening or the possibility of a miracle. The next morning it can be ripped away as it was in this particular story.

I offer my condolences to Sean Taylor, his family and all of the Redskins fans. It is such a tragedy to have a life cut so short and so heartbreaking.

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