{"id":5390,"date":"2023-09-07T14:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:07:22","slug":"former-nfl-star-on-life-support-after-being-crushed-at-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5390","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star On Life Support After Being Crushed At Construction Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mike Williams, former wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is currently on life support at the age of 36. Williams was hospitalized after a construction site accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TMZ is reporting that a massive steal beam on a construction site fell and smashed Williams in the head, causing complete paralysis. Williams was the runner-up Rookie of the Year in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/09\/06\/ex-nfl-receiver-mike-williams-dead-at-36-after-accident-at-construction-site\/\">TMZ reports<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\">The mother of&nbsp;<strong>Mike Williams<\/strong>\u2018 daughter said Wednesday afternoon the former NFL player has not died \u2026 although she did say he is currently on life support inside a Florida hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Tierney Lyle<\/strong>&nbsp;told the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2023\/09\/05\/report-former-bucs-receiver-mike-williams-dies-construction-accident\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tampa Bay Times<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2026 she and the couple\u2019s daughter visited Williams Wednesday afternoon at the medical facility and he was \u201cmostly non-responsive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\u201cHe was asleep when we went in there and he woke up when he heard our voices and his daughter\u2019s voice,\u201d Lyle said. \u201cAnd he looked around, and he blinked and he was crying but he can\u2019t move.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\">Lyle told the outlet she was under the impression the plan was to take Williams off life support \u2026 though that has yet to happen.<\/p>\n<cite>https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/09\/06\/ex-nfl-receiver-mike-williams-dead-at-36-after-accident-at-construction-site\/<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We send our thoughts and prayers to his family. Please God let this young man recover!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/rare.us\/rare-news\/former-nfl-star-dead-at-36\/\">https:\/\/rare.us\/rare-news\/former-nfl-star-dead-at-36\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Williams, former wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is currently on life support at the age of 36. Williams was hospitalized after a construction site accident. TMZ is reporting that a massive steal beam on a construction site fell and smashed Williams in the head, causing complete paralysis. Williams was the runner-up Rookie of the Year in 2010. TMZ reports\u2026 The mother of&nbsp;Mike Williams\u2018 daughter said Wednesday afternoon the former NFL player has not died \u2026 although she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5391,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}