Marquise Hill missing

by GeauxTigers on May 28, 2007 1:12 PM CDT in Football Comment 2 comments

Marquise Hill 1982-2007

Former Tiger Marquise Hill, now with the New England Patriots, is missing on Lake Pontchartrain after he and ~~his girlfriend~~ a lady friend went jetskiing without lifejackets and got caught up in a nasty current. Terrible news, and likely to end sadly as they've been searching for over 12 hours at this point.

Update [2007-5-28 14:33:12 by GeauxTigers]: Apparently Hill saved the woman's life. At this point, it's been changed from a rescue mission to a recovery mission. Just terrible. Tiger fans letting it out here. Our colleagues at Pats Pulpit have been covering the situation all morning.

Update [2007-5-28 18:20:32 by GeauxTigers]: It's official now, Hill's body has been recovered. Our thoughts are with the Hill family, having lost such a wonderful human being; as has been noted in every article today, he spent plenty of time helping family and friends rebuild after Katrina, and evidently saved the life of his companion last night.

R.I.P. big man...

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Hearts in Boston heavy for Louisiana

Marquise Hill, we in Boston hardly knew ye. Alas for the people of Louisiana! Their loss is so much deeper.

In days when the headlines are full of so-called stars of the NFL involved in dog-fighting and other nefarious activity, news of the loss of a man like Marquise Hill is especially devastating. Here was a man you could call a role model, living by the highest and noblest standards and leading by example. The shame is that there are headlines too few for such people -- at least until tragedy strikes.

"Good people" don't sell papers or increase blog hit counts. I think that's why tragedies like these hurt even more. The loss of people like Hill wounds deep, but the realization that we value sensationalism and and scandal over their lofty principles stings even more -- an it lingers.

Pats Pulpit offers our most sincere condolences to the LSU Tigers community. May we all learn to show more appreciation for people like Hill while they can still experience it.

Pats Pulpit, SB Nation's home of the 3-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

by tommasse on May 29, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs