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ESPN personality Peter Burns said a Missouri fan “saved my life” this past weekend after he was choking on a piece of food.
Host of ESPN and SEC Network shows like “SEC Now” and “SEC This Morning,” Burns said on social media Monday that he was dining with co-workers in Columbia, Missouri on Friday night ahead of the Missouri vs. Boston College game the following day. During the dinner, Burns said he began to choke on a piece of food and he motioned to the people at the table he couldn’t breathe.
A friend tried the Heimlich maneuver but was unsuccessful. Burns asked a second person to try it but it also didn’t work. Burns said then a nurse came over to attempt it, only for it to not work.
After about two minutes of not being able to breathe, Burns said he started to lose his vision and began “blacking out.”
Luckily, a man by the name of Jack Foster came and tried to dislodge the food “right as I was about to lose consciousness,” Burns said, and it worked. Foster told Burns he was a youth sports coach and he had just gone through training on how to perform CPR and save people from choking.
“That training is why I am here right now. I’m thankful for him and all involved that helped saved my life that night,” Burns said.
The ESPN personality added that Missouri football trainers assisted him later that night. As a result of the incident, Burns has slight fractures in four of his ribs.
Choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury death, according to the National Safety Council, and it accounted for 5,553 deaths in 2022.
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Silver alert issued for missing Kanas City, Missouri, man, 86
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities issued a silver alert Sunday night for a missing 86-year-old man out of Kansas City, Missouri.
Victor Sahagun was last seen around 9 a.m. Sunday in the 5800 block of E. 26th Terrace.
Sahagun, who has a diagnosis of dementia, is five-feet, nine-inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown eyes and gray hair.
At the time of his disappearance, Sahagun was wearing a gray shirt, green jacket, black sweatpants and black shoes.
His family says he left Sunday morning on foot without a cell phone, wallet or keys. He also goes by Victor Sahagun Mejia.
Anyone with information abut Sahagun’s whereabouts should call 911 or call KCPD at 816-234-5043.
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Eye of the Tiger, Week 3: Georgia Avoids Disaster, Tennessee Jumps Missouri
After a narrow 27-21 victory over now unranked Boston College, the Missouri Tigers stayed pretty close to steady in the polls. Most teams in the AP Top 25 stayed about where they were the week prior as well.
Not much was learned about the other teams in the top-25, but two SEC teams showed some clear weaknesses in two bad losses. The now No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs also struggled to hold off the Kentucky Wildcats on the road.
Even with a home win against the Eagles, the Tigers dropped a spot to No. 7 overall, with the Tennessee Volunteers moving into Missouri’s spot from last week.
The Eye of the Tiger Series breaks down the rest of the college football schedule week to week to analyze how certain outcomes could affect Missouri.
Vanderbilt: 36-32 loss to Georgia State
No. 25 Texas A&M: 33-20 win over Florida
UMass: 34-3 loss to Buffalo
Auburn: 45-19 win over New Mexico
No. 4 Alabama: 42-10 win over Wisconsin
No. 15 Oklahoma: 34-19 win over Tulane
South Carolina: 36-33 loss to No. 16 LSU
Mississippi State: 41-17 loss to Toledo
Arkansas: 37-27 loss to UAB
It was another not-great week for the SEC. The top of the conference didn’t skip a beat, minus Georgia. Oklahoma and Alabama looked better than last week and LSU came from behind to take down South Carolina. Two teams towards the bottom of the confence, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, fell victim to upsets that could derail a season. The Bulldogs lost by more than 20 points to Toledo and Vanderbilt lost by one score to Georgia State. Both of those teams appear on Missouri’s schedule, as the Tigers host Vanderbilt in week four.
Alabama looked like Alabama, with quarterback Jalen Milroe starting to establish a connection with receivers Ryan Williams and Germie Bernard. The two receivers combined for 133 yards on only seven receptions. Milroe also looked to be his usual self on the ground, posting 75 rushing yards and two-ground touchdowns. When the Tigers take their trip to Tuscaloosa, they should absolutely expect their most daunting task of the season. Even with a new head coach in Kalen DeBoer, the Crimson Tide still have a high-powered offense with weapons at every position, with plenty of defensive talent that can pressure a quarterback and stop the run.
After struggling the week prior, the Sooners also looked to get back on track. Linebacker Danny Stutsman led their defensive unit with 12 tackles, shutting down the Green Wave offense. Quarterback Jackson Arnold still has yet to get into a pure rhythm throwing the ball, which might be something to monitor. He did throw 169 yards and a touchdown, but his interception dragged that performance down a little. Arnold, however, excelled in the running game, recording 97 rushing yards and two touchdowns to tag along.
Georgia walked out of Lexington with a 13-12 win on the night of September 14, but it sure wasn’t pretty. Kentucky was just disruptive enough on defense to give quarterback Caron Beck and company fits. Their quarterback, Brock Vandagriff, didn’t have his best performance either. Former Missouri receiver Dominic Lovett led all receivers with six receptions for 89 yards, but the only touchdown of the game came on a three-yard run up the gut from running back Branson Robinson. A Bulldog loss would have flipped the SEC on it’s head, opening the conference up for teams like Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Missouri.
No. 5 Ole Miss: 40-6 win over Wake Forest
No. 7 Tennessee: 71-0 win over Kent State
No. 9 Oregon: 49-14 win over Oregon State
No. 10 Miami: 62-0 win over Ball State
No teams surrounding the Tigers looked bad in their week three matchups and majority of their games resulted in a blowout. Ole Miss and Tennessee, the Tigers SEC companions who they won’t face, are more than certainly going to make a run at the playoffs. Both have explosive offensive attacks with talented quarterbacks to lead them. Jaxson Dart and Nico Iamaleava haven’t shown any signs of slowing down, either.
In an unrelated manner, the Arizona Wildcats were the only other team to lose, outside of Boston College, in the top-25. The Wildcats looked lost against Kansas State, who improved to 3-0 and moved up to No. 13 in the country thanks to the quarterback play of Avery Johnson. His dynamic ability on the ground is a spark for the Kansas State offense. Johnson’s athletic ability is one that not many quarterbacks in the country have and will help them get a leg up on opponents, especially in the Big 12.
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